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Electronically Induced Atom Motion in Engineered CoCu Nanostructures

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Author(s)

Joseph A. Stroscio, Francesca M. Tavazza, Jason Crain, Robert Celotta, Anne M. Chaka

Abstract

We have measured the quantum yield for exciting the motion of a single Co atom in CoCun linear molecules constructed on a Cu(111) surface. The Co atom switched between two lattice positions during electron excitation from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. The tip location with highest probability for inducing motion was consistent with the position of an active state identified through electronic structure calculations. Atom motion within the molecule decreased with increased molecular length and reflected the corresponding variation in electronic structure.
Citation
Science
Volume
313
Issue
5789
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

ATOM
Nanometrology

Citation

Stroscio, J. , Tavazza, F. , Crain, J. , Celotta, R. and Chaka, A. (2006), Electronically Induced Atom Motion in Engineered CoCu Nanostructures, Science (Accessed April 24, 2025)

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Created August 18, 2006, Updated February 19, 2017