title: Atomic-scale mechanical properties of orientated C60 molecules revealed by noncontact atomic force microscopy.
abstract: In this work, the mechanical properties of C(60) molecules adsorbed on Cu(111) are measured by tuning-fork-based noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) and spectroscopy at cryogenic conditions. Site-specific tip-sample force variations are detected above the buckyball structure. Moreover, high-resolution images obtained by nc-AFM show the chemical structure of this molecule and describes unambiguously its orientations on the surface.
authors: Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. remy.pawlak@unibas.ch
authors: Rémy
authors: R
authors: Pawlak
authors: Shigeki
authors: S
authors: Kawai
authors: Sweetlana
authors: S
authors: Fremy
authors: Thilo
authors: T
authors: Glatzel
authors: Ernst
authors: E
authors: Meyer