Issue 43, 2015

A molecular switch based on the manipulation of 1,3-dichlorobenzene on Ge(001) between two adsorption sites by inelastic tunneling electrons

Abstract

Meta-dichlorobenzene is adsorbed on Ge(001) and investigated by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. The molecule is altered between two adsorption sites by inelastic electron tunneling manipulation. These adsorption sites differ largely in conductivity. The necessary energy for switching the molecule between the sites and its polarity dependence indicate that the manipulation is initiated by the electronic excitation of the molecule.

Graphical abstract: A molecular switch based on the manipulation of 1,3-dichlorobenzene on Ge(001) between two adsorption sites by inelastic tunneling electrons

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Jul 2015
Accepted
25 Sep 2015
First published
09 Oct 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 28830-28836

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A molecular switch based on the manipulation of 1,3-dichlorobenzene on Ge(001) between two adsorption sites by inelastic tunneling electrons

A. Wykrota, M. Bazarnik, R. Czajka and K. Morgenstern, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 28830 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP04001A

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