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Probing Single Molecular Motors on Solid Surface

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Atomic Scale Interconnection Machines

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Understanding structures and mechanisms of single molecular motors on solid surfaces is of critical importance for nanoscale engineering and bottom-up construction of complex devices at single molecular scale. In this chapter, two different kinds of single molecular motors at surfaces are studied with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) technique. We discuss the structural and conductance transitions of one H2 rotaxane molecule at the sub-rotaxane scale, and then present a molecular rotor with a fixed off-center axis formed by chemical bonding on Au(111) substrate. These results represent important advances in single molecular-based machines and devices.

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We are grateful for S. X. Du, D. X. Shi, Q. Liu, H. G. Zhang,X. Lin, Z. H. Cheng, Z. T. Deng, N. Jiang, W. Ji, J. T. Sun, Y. Y. Zhang for invaluable assistance in experiments and theoretical simulations. This research is supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Chinese National “863” and “973” projects.

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Guo, H., Wang, Y., Feng, M., Gao, L., Gao, H. (2012). Probing Single Molecular Motors on Solid Surface. In: Joachim, C. (eds) Atomic Scale Interconnection Machines. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28172-3_17

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