Cutting and self-healing molecular wires studied by dynamic force microscopy

Kawai S, Maier S, Glatzel T, Koch S, Such B, Zimmerli L, Fendt LA, Diederich F, Meyer E (2009)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Journal

Applied Physics Letters American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Publisher: AMER INST PHYSICS

Book Volume: 95

Journal Issue: 10

URI: http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3216057

DOI: 10.1063/1.3216057

Abstract

Tip-induced deformations of meso-(4-cyanophenyl)-substituted Zn(II) porphyrin molecular wires self-assembled on KBr(001) were studied by frequency modulation dynamic force microscopy. Since the wires are weakly bonded to the KBr substrate and to the neighboring molecules, they can easily be cut by the scanning tip. We found that the damaged molecular wires self-healed at room temperature.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sabine Maier Professur für Experimentalphysik (Rastersondenmikroskopie)

Involved external institutions

Universität Basel CH Switzerland (CH) Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Kawai, S., Maier, S., Glatzel, T., Koch, S., Such, B., Zimmerli, L.,... Meyer, E. (2009). Cutting and self-healing molecular wires studied by dynamic force microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 95(10). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3216057

MLA:

Kawai, Shigeki, et al. "Cutting and self-healing molecular wires studied by dynamic force microscopy." Applied Physics Letters 95.10 (2009).

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