Sensores de una sola molécula y un solo átomo para imágenes de resolución atómica de superficies químicamente

Georgy Kichin1, Christian Weiss, Christian Wagner

  • 1Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.

Resumen

Los átomos y moléculas individuales en la punta de un microscopio de túnel de barrido (STM, por sus siglas en inglés) actúan como sensores de fuerza. Estos sensores toman imágenes de estructuras moleculares mediante la detección de fuerzas de repulsión, con un rendimiento sintonizable por interacciones de punta.

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