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Probing the Hierarchy of Thymine–Thymine Interactions in Self‐Assembled Structures by Manipulation with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Author(s) -
Xu Wei,
E. A. Kelly Ross,
Otero Roberto,
Schöck Maya,
Lægsgaard Erik,
Stensgaard Ivan,
Kantorovich Lev N.,
Besenbacher Flemming
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200700625
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , hierarchy , nanotechnology , thymine , molecule , quantum tunnelling , materials science , microscopy , scanning probe microscopy , chemical physics , chemistry , optoelectronics , physics , optics , dna , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , economics , market economy
STM manipulation is used to directly probe the hierarchy of bond‐strengths involved in the self‐assembly of multifunctional molecules, which can thus be used to help to identify particular features of the molecular architecture in the observed STM images (see picture).