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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.

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