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ABSTRACT: Single 4,7,12,15-tetrakis(4'-dimethylaminostyryl)[2.2]paracyclophane molecules adsorb on NiAl(110) in different configurations. When the symmetry axes of the molecules are properly oriented with respect to the surface lattice, three adsorbate states of different conductance can be reversibly induced and directly imaged with a scanning tunneling microscope. Couplings between tunneling electrons and adsorbate vibrational and electronic states are primarily responsible for the transformation. However, change from low to high conductance configuration can also be triggered by electric field in the junction.
Nano Letters 02/2008; 8(1):208-13. · 13.20 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Single 4,7,12,15-tetrakis[2.2]paracyclophane were deposited on NiAl(110) surface at 11 K. Two adsorbed species with large and small conductivities were detected by the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Their vibrational properties were investigated by inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) with the STM. Five vibrational modes were observed for the species with the larger conductivity. The spatially resolved vibrational images for the modes show striking differences, depending on the coupling of the vibrations localized on different functional groups within the molecule to the electronic states of the molecule. The vibrational modes are assigned on the basis of ab initio calculations. No IETS signal is resolved from the species with the small conductivity.
The Journal of Chemical Physics 01/2008; 127(24):244711. · 3.33 Impact Factor
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Advanced Functional Materials 08/2007; 17(14):2432 - 2438. · 10.18 Impact Factor
