Abstract
Carrier (electron or hole) injection from a scanning tunneling microscope tip causes various surface modifications on the molecular scale. We report that injection into C60 close-packed layers forms a ring-shaped distribution of C60 polymers. This can be explained on the basis of the radial propagation and energy dissipation of carriers. Subsequent electron or hole injections enlarge the ring, showing that both carriers can induce both polymerization and depolymerization. Furthermore, we demonstrate visualization of carrier scattering by injecting carriers into C60 layers with grain boundaries.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 196101 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
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Ring of C60 polymers formed by electron or hole injection from a scanning tunneling microscope tip. / Nouchi, Ryo; Masunari, Kosuke; Ohta, Toshio; Kubozono, Yoshihiro; Iwasa, Yoshihiro.
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T1 - Ring of C60 polymers formed by electron or hole injection from a scanning tunneling microscope tip
AU - Nouchi, Ryo
AU - Masunari, Kosuke
AU - Ohta, Toshio
AU - Kubozono, Yoshihiro
AU - Iwasa, Yoshihiro
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Carrier (electron or hole) injection from a scanning tunneling microscope tip causes various surface modifications on the molecular scale. We report that injection into C60 close-packed layers forms a ring-shaped distribution of C60 polymers. This can be explained on the basis of the radial propagation and energy dissipation of carriers. Subsequent electron or hole injections enlarge the ring, showing that both carriers can induce both polymerization and depolymerization. Furthermore, we demonstrate visualization of carrier scattering by injecting carriers into C60 layers with grain boundaries.
AB - Carrier (electron or hole) injection from a scanning tunneling microscope tip causes various surface modifications on the molecular scale. We report that injection into C60 close-packed layers forms a ring-shaped distribution of C60 polymers. This can be explained on the basis of the radial propagation and energy dissipation of carriers. Subsequent electron or hole injections enlarge the ring, showing that both carriers can induce both polymerization and depolymerization. Furthermore, we demonstrate visualization of carrier scattering by injecting carriers into C60 layers with grain boundaries.
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