Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

How much control over single molecules could one get with the junction of a scanning probe microscope?

Seminar Tuesday, 10/12/2013 10:00 - 11:00

Speakers: Ruslan Temirov (Peter Grünberg Institut-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
Place: Cukrovarnická 10, building A, library, 1st floor
Presented in English
Organisers: Department of Thin Films and Nanostructures

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) has become a versatile tool for making experiments with single molecules. The power of the SPM comes from the combination of the atomic-scale imaging, spectroscopy and manipulation. The single-molecule manipulation is in fact becoming a routine part of many SPM studies. In such circumstances it is interesting to discuss how far could we get in trying to control a single molecule placed in the junction of a scanning probe microscope? What are the factors that could facilitate such control? What are the interesting possibilities that open in the case the high level of control is reached?

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