Manipulating surface diffusion ability of single molecules by scanning tunneling microscopy.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The bonding of single diferrocene [Fc(CH(2))(14)Fc, Fc = ferrocenyl] molecules on a metal surface can be enhanced by partial decomposition of Fc groups induced by the tunneling current in scanning tunneling microscopy. Although the isolated intact molecule is mobile on the terrace of Cu(110) at 78 K, the modified molecule is immobilized on the terrace. Calculations based on density functional theory indicate that the hollow site of the Cu(110) surface is the energetically favorable adsorption site for both ferrocene and the Fe-cyclopentadienyl complex, but the latter one possesses a much higher binding energy with the substrate.