We demonstrate and discuss the use of a scanning tunneling microscope operated at room temperature to push individual C60 molecules out from their stable adsorption sites at Cu(111) steps, trap them into nanometer-sized Cu vacancy sites formed with the tip, or reposition them one-by-one along a Cu step under complete control.
By: M. T. Cuberes, R. R. Schlittler, and J. K. Gimzewski
Published in: RZ2961 in 1998
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