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

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