Design and Manipulation of a Minimalistic Hydrocarbon Nanocar on Au(111)Show others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ISSN 1433-7851, E-ISSN 1521-3773, Vol. 62, no 6, article id e202212395Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Nanocars are carbon-based single-molecules with a precise design that facilitates their atomic-scale control on a surface. The rational design of these molecules is important in atomic and molecular-scale manipulation to advance the development of molecular machines, as well as for a better understanding of self-assembly, diffusion and desorption processes. Here, we introduce the molecular design and construction of a collection of minimalistic nanocars. They feature an anthracene chassis and four benzene derivatives as wheels. After sublimation and adsorption on an Au(111) surface, we show controlled and fast manipulation of the nanocars along the surface using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The mechanism behind the successful displacement is the induced dipole created over the nanocar by the STM tip. We utilized carbon monoxide functionalized tips both to avoid decomposition and accidentally picking the nanocars up during the manipulation. This strategy allowed thousands of maneuvers to successfully win the Nanocar Race II championship.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH , 2023. Vol. 62, no 6, article id e202212395
Keywords [en]
Molecular Machinery; Nanocars; Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; [4+2] Cycloaddition
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Other Chemistry Topics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-191044DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212395ISI: 000898389500001PubMedID: 36445791OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-191044DiVA, id: diva2:1727866
Note
Funding Agencies|European Research Council [766555]; Comunidad de Madrid [Y2018/NMT-4783, 2018/NMT-4367]; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [PID2019-108532GB-I00, CTQ2017-86060-P, PID2020-11666RB-I00]; "Severo Ochoa" Programme for Centers of Excellence in RD (MINECO) [2009 00971]; MINECO [BES-2017-082582]; European Union [886314]; Swedish Research Council; Swedish Government Strategic Research Area in Materials Science on Functional Materials at Linkoping University (Faculty Grant SFO-Mat-LiU) [2009 00971]
2023-01-172023-01-172024-02-08Bibliographically approved