Sub-cycle atomic-scale forces coherently control a single-molecule switch.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 2020
Historique:
received: 16 05 2019
accepted: 30 06 2020
entrez: 4 9 2020
pubmed: 4 9 2020
medline: 4 9 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Scanning probe techniques can leverage atomically precise forces to sculpt matter at surfaces, atom by atom. These forces have been applied quasi-statically to create surface structures

Identifiants

pubmed: 32879499
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2620-2
pii: 10.1038/s41586-020-2620-2
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

58-62

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Auteurs

Dominik Peller (D)

Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Lukas Z Kastner (LZ)

Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Thomas Buchner (T)

Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Carmen Roelcke (C)

Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Florian Albrecht (F)

Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
IBM Research-Zurich, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.

Nikolaj Moll (N)

IBM Research-Zurich, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.

Rupert Huber (R)

Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. rupert.huber@physik.uni-regensburg.de.

Jascha Repp (J)

Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. jascha.repp@physik.uni-regensburg.de.

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