title: Inducing single-molecule chemical reactions with a UHV-STM: a new dimension for nano-science and technology.
abstract: Atomic and molecular manipulations with the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) lead to many fascinating advances during the last decade. Recent achievements in inducing all of the basic steps of a chemical reaction with the STM at a single-molecule level open up entirely new opportunities in chemistry on the nanoscale. In this article, we review various STM-based molecular manipulation techniques and their application in inducing all elementary chemical reaction steps on surfaces. Prospects for future opportunities of single-molecule chemical engineering and their possible implications to nanoscale science and technology are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. saw.wai.hla@physik.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hla
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rieder
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry; D007462:Iodobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; C069837:fullerene C60