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@ARTICLE{Wagner:201042,
author = {Wagner, Christian and Fournier, Norman and Tautz, Frank
Stefan and Temirov, Ruslan},
title = {{T}he role of surface corrugation and tip oscillation in
single-molecule manipulation with a non-contact atomic force
microscope},
journal = {Beilstein journal of nanotechnology},
volume = {5},
issn = {2190-4286},
address = {Frankfurt, M.},
publisher = {Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen
Wissenschaften},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-03352},
pages = {202 - 209},
year = {2014},
abstract = {Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) plays an important role in
the investigation of molecular adsorption. The possibility
to probe the molecule–surface interaction while tuning its
strength through SPM tip-induced single-molecule
manipulation has particularly promising potential to yield
new insights. We recently reported experiments, in which
3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA)
molecules were lifted with a qPlus-sensor and analyzed these
experiments by using force-field simulations. Irrespective
of the good agreement between the experiment and those
simulations, systematic inconsistencies remained that we
attribute to effects omitted from the initial model. Here we
develop a more realistic simulation of single-molecule
manipulation by non-contact AFM that includes the atomic
surface corrugation, the tip elasticity, and the tip
oscillation amplitude. In short, we simulate a full tip
oscillation cycle at each step of the manipulation process
and calculate the frequency shift by solving the equation of
motion of the tip. The new model correctly reproduces
previously unexplained key features of the experiment, and
facilitates a better understanding of the mechanics of
single-molecular junctions. Our simulations reveal that the
surface corrugation adds a positive frequency shift to the
measurement that generates an apparent repulsive force.
Furthermore, we demonstrate that the scatter observed in the
experimental data points is related to the sliding of the
molecule across the surface.},
cin = {PGI-3 / JARA-FIT},
ddc = {620},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106 / $I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$},
pnm = {422 - Spin-based and quantum information (POF2-422)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-422},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000332779500001},
doi = {10.3762/bjnano.5.22},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/201042},
}