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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
We report a systematic experimental investigation of the mechanism of desorption of chlorobenzene molecules from the Si(111)-(7 x 7) surface induced by the STM at room temperature. We measure the desorption probability as a function of both tunneling current and a wide range of sample bias voltages between -3 V and +4 V. The results exclude field desorption, thermally induced desorption, and mechanical tip-surface effects. They indicate that desorption is driven by the population of negative (or positive) ion resonances of the chemisorbed molecule by the tunneling electrons (or holes). Density functional calculations suggest that these resonant states are associated with the pi orbitals of the benzene ring.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0031-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
118301
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanisms of molecular manipulation with the scanning tunneling microscope at room temperature: chlorobenzene/si(111)-(7 x 7).
pubmed:affiliation
Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article