Article | REF: NM520 V3

Isolated and self-assembled molecules - Deposition, observation, properties and applications

Authors: Frédéric CHERIOUX, Frank PALMINO

Publication date: April 10, 2019

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

2. Isolated molecules

2.1 High-resolution imaging

Images of isolated molecules require a molecule that is perfectly immobile and free from contamination. This is why these images are always obtained by STM or AFM under ultra-high vacuum (≈ 10 -10 mbar). Depending on the nature of the surfaces, observation temperatures are very different. On metals, as molecule diffusion is very important, we need to work at very low temperatures (< 77 K), whereas on semiconductors where surface atoms generally possess unsaturated dangling bonds that can interact with molecules, molecule diffusion is weaker and it's possible to observe isolated molecules even at room temperature. Images obtained with "standard" tips (i.e. without the adsorption of a single molecule at the...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Nanosciences and nanotechnologies

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Isolated molecules