STM induced manipulation of azulene-based molecules and nanostructures: the role of the dipole moment

• Published in: Nanoscale Vol. 12; no. 48; pp. 24471 - 24476
• Main Authors: Kühne, Tim, Au-Yeung, Kwan Ho, Eisenhut, Frank, Aiboudi, Oumaima, Ryndyk, Dmitry A, Cuniberti, Gianaurelio, Lissel, Franziska, Moresco, Francesca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 23.12.2020
• Subjects: Azulene; Charge distribution; Dimers; Dipole moments; Electric fields; Low temperature; Metallography; Movement; Nanostructure; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Voltage pulses

Among the different mechanisms that can be used to drive a molecule on a surface by the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope at low temperature, we used voltage pulses to move azulene-based single molecules and nanostructures on Au(111). Upon evaporation, the molecules partially cleave and form me...