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Controlled manipulation of single atoms and small molecules using the scanning tunnelling microscope
Author(s) -
Morgenstern Karina,
Lorente Nicolas,
Rieder KarlHeinz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201248392
Subject(s) - quantum tunnelling , microscope , scanning tunneling microscope , molecule , spectroscopy , scanning tunneling spectroscopy , materials science , nanotechnology , optics , chemistry , optoelectronics , physics , quantum mechanics
This article reviews manipulation of single molecules by scanning tunnelling microscopes, in particular vertical manipulation, lateral manipulation, and inelastic electron tunnelling (IET) manipulation. For a better understanding of these processes, we shortly review imaging by scanning tunnelling microscopy – as a prerequisite to detect the manipulated species and to verify the result of the manipulation – as well as scanning tunnelling spectroscopy and IET spectroscopy which are used to chemically identify the molecules before and after the manipulation that employs the tunnelling current.