title: A molecular switch based on the manipulation of 1,3-dichlorobenzene on Ge(001) between two adsorption sites by inelastic tunneling electrons.
abstract: Meta-dichlorobenzene is adsorbed on Ge(001) and investigated by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. The molecule is altered between two adsorption sites by inelastic electron tunneling manipulation. These adsorption sites differ largely in conductivity. The necessary energy for switching the molecule between the sites and its polarity dependence indicate that the manipulation is initiated by the electronic excitation of the molecule.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Faculty of Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl für physikalische Chemie I, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. karina.morgenstern@rub.de.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wykrota
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Faculty of Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl für physikalische Chemie I, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. karina.morgenstern@rub.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bazarnik
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Faculty of Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Czajka
authors.affiliation: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl für physikalische Chemie I, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. karina.morgenstern@rub.de.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morgenstern