top of page
Conductance of Oriented C60 Molecules
Author(s):
Nicolas Néel, Jörg Kröger, Laurent Limot, Richard Berndt
Journal:
Nano Letters
Year:
2008
Volume:
8
Pages
1291–1295
DOI:
10.1021/nl073074i
Abstract:
C60 molecules adsorbed to Cu(100) are contacted with the tip of a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope. Images with submolecular resolution reveal distinct orientations of the molecules. We find that the orientation significantly affects the conductance of the contact despite the high symmetry of C60.
bottom of page