Conductance of oriented C60 molecules.
C60 molecules adsorbed to Cu(100) are contacted with the tip of a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope. Images with submolecular resolution reveal distinct orientations of the molecules. We find that the orientation significantly affects the conductance of the contact despite the high symmetry of C60.
Néel
Nicolas
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Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
Kröger
Jörg
J
Limot
Laurent
L
Berndt
Richard
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D016880:Anisotropy; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods
D037741:Fullerenes; C069837:fullerene C60