Electronically driven single-molecule switch on silicon dangling bonds

Nickel A, Lehmann T, Meyer J, Eisenhut F, Ohmann R, Ryndyk DA, Joachim C, Moresco F, Cuniberti G (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Journal of Physical Chemistry C American Chemical Society

Book Volume: 120

Pages Range: 27027-27032

Journal Issue: 47

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05680

Abstract

We demonstrate that a single 4-acetylbiphenyl molecule adsorbed along the dimer row of a Si(100)-(2 × 1) surface can be reversibly switched between two stable conformations using the tunneling current of a scanning tunneling microscope. The experiment supported by density functional theory calculations demonstrates that the molecule by switching selectively passivates and depassivates a dangling-bond pair on the silicon surface, opening new routes for the logical input in dangling-bond-based atomic-scale circuits.

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Dresden DE Germany (DE) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) FR France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Nickel, A., Lehmann, T., Meyer, J., Eisenhut, F., Ohmann, R., Ryndyk, D.A.,... Cuniberti, G. (2016). Electronically driven single-molecule switch on silicon dangling bonds. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(47), 27027-27032. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05680

MLA:

Nickel, Anja, et al. "Electronically driven single-molecule switch on silicon dangling bonds." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120.47 (2016): 27027-27032.

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