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View SchemaObservation of individual molecules trapped on a nanostructured insulator
| Authors | Laurent Nony, Enrico Dr. Gnecco, Alexis Baratoff, Audrius Alkauskas, Roland Bennewitz, Oliver Pfeiffer, Sabine Maier, Adrian Wezel, Ernst Meyer, Christophe Gerber |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0511187 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511187 |
| DOI | 10.1021/nl048693v |
| Journal | Nanoletters 4 (2004) 2185-2189 |
Abstract
For the first time, ordered polar molecules confined in monolayer-deep rectangular pits produced on an alkali halide surface by electron irradiation have been resolved at room temperature by non-contact atomic force microscopy. Molecules self-assemble in a specific fashion inside pits of width smaller than 15 nm. By contrast no ordered aggregates of molecules are observed on flat terraces. Conclusions regarding nucleation and ordering mechanisms are drawn. Trapping in pits as small as 2 nm opens a route to address single molecules.
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