Molecular manipulation using a tunnelling microscope.

Abstract:

:In a very short time the scanning tunnelling microscope has become an important tool in surface science, and physics in general. Its primary use has been to obtain atomic-resolution images of surfaces, but recently, efforts have been made to use it to manipulate materials as well as image them. One may now reasonably ask if it is possible to move and alter matter predictably on an atomic scale. Here we report the accomplishment of the smallest yet, purposeful, spatially localized changes in matter, effected on a graphite surface. We believe that the changes result from the pinning of individual organic molecules to the graphite. The reverse manipulation, the removal of pinned molecules, has also been demonstrated. Finally, we have evidence that we can remove a portion of a pinned molecule, effectively performing transformations on single molecules using the tunnelling microscope.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Foster JS,Frommer JE,Arnett PC

doi

10.1038/331324a0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-01-28 00:00:00

pages

324-6

issue

6154

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

journal_volume

331

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