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Remotely Controlled Isomer Selective Molecular Switching

Schendel, Verena
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Borca, Bogdana
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Pentegov, Ivan
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2016
Nano Letters

Non local addressing-the "remote control"- of molecular switches promises more efficient processing for information technology, where fast speed of switching is essential. The surface state of the (111) facets of noble metals, a confined two-dimensional electron gas, provides a medium that enables transport of signals over large distances and hence can be used to address an entire ensemble of molecules simultaneously with a single stimulus. In this study we employ this characteristic to trigger a conformational switch in anthradithiophene (ADT) molecules by injection of hot carriers from a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip into the surface state of Cu(111). The carriers propagate laterally and trigger the switch in molecules at distances as far as 100 nm from the tip location. The switching process is shown to be long-ranged, fully reversible, and isomer selective, discriminating between cis and trans diastereomers, enabling maximum control.

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DOI
10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02974
Web of Science ID

WOS:000368322700015

Author(s)
Schendel, Verena
Borca, Bogdana
Pentegov, Ivan
Michnowicz, Tomasz
Kraft, Ulrike
Klauk, Hagen
Wahl, Peter
Schlickum, Uta
Kern, Klaus  
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
Nano Letters
Volume

16

Issue

1

Start page

93

End page

97

Subjects

Molecular switches

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STM

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surface state

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nonlocal reactions

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organic-metal interface

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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February 16, 2016
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