[Research Highlights Vol.32] Driving Soft Molecular Vehicles on a Metallic Surface

2022/12/19 by International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA)
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paper · doi:10.48505/nims.3772

Abstract

Soft molecules deposited on metallic surfaces were driven using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) without mechanically pulling or pushing them, but by inducing inelastic excitations with the tunneling current.

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