Seeding molecular rotators on a passivated silicon surface.
Thermally activated rotation of single molecules adsorbed on a silicon-based surface between 77 and 150 K has been successfully achieved. This remarkable phenomenon relies on a nanoporous supramolecular network, which acts as a template to seed periodic molecule rotors on the surface. Thermal activation of rotation has been demonstrated by STM experiments and confirmed by theoretical calculations.
GNS & MANA Satellite, CEMES (Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales), CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, BP 94347, 31055 Toulouse (France); Université de Toulouse, CEMES (Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales), CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, BP 94347, 31055 Toulouse (France).
Oliver
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Guillermet
Ather
A
Mahmood
Jianshu
J
Yang
Jorge
J
Echeverria
Judicael
J
Jeannoutot
Sebastien
S
Gauthier
Christian
C
Joachim
Frederic
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Chérioux
Frank
F
Palmino
molecular rotator; scanning probe microscopy; silicon surface; simulation; supramolecular chemistry