Academic Affiliation: IBM Research

Talk: November 5, 2018

Charged individual molecules on insulating films by atomic force microscopy

Here, we present results concerning molecules and their charge-state determination and control on multilayer NaCl films. We demonstrate lateral single electron transfer between molecules [1] and gain insight into charging processes via single-electron tunneling spectroscopy, where we quantify the reorganization energy of a molecule on a NaCl substrate [2]. Finally, we show results where the charge state of a complex on top of an insulator plays a key role for its on-surface chemical reaction.

Reference:
[1] W. Steurer et al. Nature Communications 114, 036801 (2015)
[2] S. Fatayer et al. Nature Nanotechnology 13, 376 (2018)