Inducing desorption of organic molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope: theory and experiments

Saman Alavi; Roger Rousseau; S. N. Patitsas; Gregory P. Lopinski; Robert A. Wolkow; Tamar Seideman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5372

Inducing desorption of organic molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope

theory and experiments

Saman Alavi, Roger Rousseau, S. N. Patitsas, Gregory P. Lopinski, Robert A. Wolkow, Tamar Seideman

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Abstract

The STM-induced desorption of benzene from Si(100) was experimentally and theoretically studied. A striking threshold in the bias dependence and relatively high yields under mild conditions was observed. A theoretical model rationalized the observations in terms of transient ionization of a π state of the molecule and generaized the findings to predict the behavior of different classes of organic adsorbates under similar conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5372-5375
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	85
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5372
Publication status	Published - Dec 18 2000

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Alavi, S., Rousseau, R., Patitsas, S. N., Lopinski, G. P., Wolkow, R. A., & Seideman, T. (2000). Inducing desorption of organic molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope: theory and experiments. Physical Review Letters, 85(25), 5372-5375. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5372

Inducing desorption of organic molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope : theory and experiments. / Alavi, Saman; Rousseau, Roger; Patitsas, S. N.; Lopinski, Gregory P.; Wolkow, Robert A.; Seideman, Tamar.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 85, No. 25, 18.12.2000, p. 5372-5375.

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Alavi, S, Rousseau, R, Patitsas, SN, Lopinski, GP, Wolkow, RA & Seideman, T 2000, 'Inducing desorption of organic molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope: theory and experiments', Physical Review Letters, vol. 85, no. 25, pp. 5372-5375. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5372

Alavi S, Rousseau R, Patitsas SN, Lopinski GP, Wolkow RA, Seideman T. Inducing desorption of organic molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope: theory and experiments. Physical Review Letters. 2000 Dec 18;85(25):5372-5375. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5372

Alavi, Saman ; Rousseau, Roger ; Patitsas, S. N. ; Lopinski, Gregory P. ; Wolkow, Robert A. ; Seideman, Tamar. / Inducing desorption of organic molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope : theory and experiments. In: Physical Review Letters. 2000 ; Vol. 85, No. 25. pp. 5372-5375.

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