journal article·2023-02-14Open access

A Nanocar and Rotor in One Molecule

Kwan Ho Au-Yeung, Suchetana Sarkar, Tim Kühne, Oumaima Aiboudi, Dmitry A. Ryndyk, Roberto Robles, Nicolas Lorente, Franziska Lissel, Christian Joachim, Francesca Moresco

ACS Nano· Volume 17· Issue 3

Abstract

Depending on its adsorption conformation on the Au(111) surface, a zwitterionic single-molecule machine works in two different ways under bias voltage pulses. It is a unidirectional rotor while anchored on the surface. It is a fast-drivable molecule vehicle (nanocar) while physisorbed. By tuning the surface coverage, the conformation of the molecule can be selected to be either rotor or nanocar. The inelastic tunneling excitation producing the movement is investigated in the same experimental conditions for both the unidirectional rotation of the rotor and the directed movement of the nanocar.
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OpenAlex topics: Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures · Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes · Surface Chemistry and Catalysis

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Affiliations

Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany

Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., 01069 Dresden, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany

Institute for Materials Science, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany

Theoretical Chemistry, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany

Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU), 20018Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

Donostia international physics center, 20018Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

GNS & MANA Satellite, CEMES, CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, 31055Toulouse, France

Funding

European Innovation Council · Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft · Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · H2020 Future and Emerging Technologies · Fonds der Chemischen Industrie · International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

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