Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation

We present a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) investigation into the influence of the STM tip on the adsorption site switching of polychlorinatedbiphenyl (PCB) molecules on the Si(111)-7×7 surface at room temperature. From an initially stable adsorption configuration, atomic manipulation by charg...

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Main Authors: Sakulsermsuk S., Palmer R.E., Sloan P.A.
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Published: 2014
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-69812014-08-30T03:51:27Z Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation Sakulsermsuk S. Palmer R.E. Sloan P.A. We present a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) investigation into the influence of the STM tip on the adsorption site switching of polychlorinatedbiphenyl (PCB) molecules on the Si(111)-7×7 surface at room temperature. From an initially stable adsorption configuration, atomic manipulation by charge injection from the STM tip prepared a new bi-stable configuration that switched between two bonding arrangements. No switching rate bias dependence was found for +1.0 to +2.2V. Assuming a thermally driven switching process we find that the measured energy barriers to switching are influenced by the exact location of the STM tip by more than 10%. We propose that this energy difference is due the dispersion interaction between the tip and the molecule. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd. 2014-08-30T03:51:27Z 2014-08-30T03:51:27Z 2012 Article 9538984 10.1088/0953-8984/24/39/394014 JCOME http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866246297&partnerID=40&md5=20f0876552e72c5937878768deb72894 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/6981 English
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description We present a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) investigation into the influence of the STM tip on the adsorption site switching of polychlorinatedbiphenyl (PCB) molecules on the Si(111)-7×7 surface at room temperature. From an initially stable adsorption configuration, atomic manipulation by charge injection from the STM tip prepared a new bi-stable configuration that switched between two bonding arrangements. No switching rate bias dependence was found for +1.0 to +2.2V. Assuming a thermally driven switching process we find that the measured energy barriers to switching are influenced by the exact location of the STM tip by more than 10%. We propose that this energy difference is due the dispersion interaction between the tip and the molecule. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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author Sakulsermsuk S.
Palmer R.E.
Sloan P.A.
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Sloan P.A.
Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation
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Palmer R.E.
Sloan P.A.
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title Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation
title_short Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation
title_full Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation
title_fullStr Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation
title_full_unstemmed Preparing and regulating a bi-stable molecular switch by atomic manipulation
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