화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.136, No.50, 17418-17421, 2014
Tip-Induced Chemical Manipulation of Metal Porphyrins at a Liquid/Solid Interface
Changing abruptly the potential between a scanning tunneling microscope tip and a graphite substrate induces "high-conductance" spots at the molecular level in a monolayer formed by a manganese chloride-porphyrin molecule. These events are attributed to the pulse-induced formation of mu-oxo-porphyrin dimers. The pulse voltage must pass a certain threshold for dimer formation, and pulse polarity determines the yield.