Organic molecules acting as templates on metal surfaces |
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Authors: | Rosei F Schunack M Jiang P Gourdon A Laegsgaard E Stensgaard I Joachim C Besenbacher F |
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Institution: | Institute of Physics and Astronomy and CAMP, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. |
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Abstract: | The electronic connection of single molecules to nanoelectrodes on a surface is a basic, unsolved problem in the emerging field of molecular nanoelectronics. By means of variable temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, we show that an organic molecule (C90H98), known as the Lander, can cause the rearrangement of atoms on a Cu(110) surface. These molecules act as templates accommodating metal atoms at the step edges of the copper substrate, forming metallic nanostructures (0.75 nanometers wide and 1.85 nanometers long) that are adapted to the dimensions of the molecule. |
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