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O: Oberflächenphysik
O 30: Adsorption an Oberfl
ächen III
O 30.7: Talk
Monday, March 7, 2005, 12:15–12:30, TU EB301
Employing molecules as atomic assemblers under the tip of an STM — •Leo Gross1, Francesca Moresco1, Christian Joachim2, André Gourdon2, and Karl-Heinz Rieder1 — 1Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany — 2The Nanoscience Group, CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, P.O. Box 94347, F-31055 Toulouse Cedex, France
Large organic, custom designed molecules, called HB-HPB (hexa-tert-butyl-hexaphenylbenzene) on Cu(111) are investigated by means of LT-STM. In combination with STM manipulation techniques, the self-ordering properties of the molecules can be exploited to assemble molecules in defined molecular structures. Moreover, the molecules can be utilized to move and aggregate Cu adatoms. This is an example of a single molecular nano-machine, performing the task of an atomic assembler under the operation of the STM tip.