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EPSRC Reference: GR/R44676/01
Title: Dissection of Individual Molecules with the STM
Principal Investigator: Palmer, Professor RE
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Department: School of Physics and Astronomy
Organisation: University of Birmingham
Scheme: ROPA
Starts: 01 October 2001 Ends: 30 September 2003 Value (£): 101,918
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Surfaces & Interfaces
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The capabilities of the scanning tunnelling microscope as a precise tool for the manipulation of atoms and molecules are well known, but most experiments have been conducted at cryogenic temperatures. In this project the tip of the STM is regarded as a local electron source with which to populate, in a tunable fashion, the resonant states of polyatomic molecules chemisorbed on surfaces at room temperature. Feasibility experiments with chlorobenzene chemisorbed on the Si (111)-(7 x 7) surface establish tunable, bond selective dissociation by the tip. The project will explore both the mechanism and the limits of such room temperature molecular dissection .
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