학술논문
Surface single-molecule dynamics controlled by entropy at low temperatures
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
STM is capable of imaging the configurations of molecules on surfaces and measuring the rate of transitions between them. Here the authors demonstrate that, controlled by the STM tip position, the entropic and conservative forces on the molecule can modify the rate by orders of magnitude.