Tuning molecular orientation with STM at the solid/liquid interface.
Triptycene molecular orientation has been tuned with a STM tip at a Cu(111) surface in solution from flat, to tilt, to vertical. The tuning is completely bias dependent and reversible. The study is important in the fields of nanoscience and technology.
Xu
Qing-Min
QM
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
Han
Mei-Juan
MJ
Wan
Li-Jun
LJ
Wang
Chen
C
Bai
Chun-Li
CL
Dai
Bing
B
Yang
Jin-Long
JL