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@ARTICLE{Tsukamoto:888418,
author = {Tsukamoto, Shigeru and Nakaya, Masato and Caciuc, Vasile
and Atodiresei, Nicolae and Nakayama, Tomonobu},
title = {{L}ocal dimerization and dedimerization of {C}60 molecules
under a tip of scanning tunneling microscope: {A}
first-principles study},
journal = {Carbon},
volume = {159},
issn = {0008-6223},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-04895},
pages = {638 - 647},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The local dimerization and dedimerization of C60 molecules
in a C60 thin film using a scanning tunneling microscopy
(STM) [M. Nakaya et al. Adv. Mater. 22, 1622 (2010)] are
promising techniques for realizing ultradense data storages.
However, the detailed mechanism of the reversible
topochemical reactions has not been clarified yet. Based on
the density functional theory we explain the mechanism in
terms of charging and electric-field effects on the
molecules. The total-energy calculations reveal that when
the C60 molecules in the surface layer are negatively
charged, the dimerization is promoted and inter-layer dimers
composed of two C60 molecules in different layers are formed
dominantly over in-plane dimers. When the thin-film surface
is positively charged or the inter-layer dimers are exposed
to a strong electric field, a C60 monomer pair becomes more
stable than a C60 dimer, and the dedimerization is promoted.
These results predict competition between the dimerization
and dedimerization of a negatively charged C60 binary system
in a strong electric field, which is indeed confirmed by our
STM experiments. In addition, the dedimerization induced in
the electric field is discussed from the viewpoints of the
intermolecular donor-acceptor interaction and the
charge-dipole relaxation of a C60 binary system.},
cin = {IAS-1 / PGI-1 / JARA-FIT / JARA-HPC},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ / $I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$},
pnm = {142 - Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena (POF3-142) / 143 -
Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena (POF3-143) /
Hybrid 2D-based interfaces from first principles
$(jias1e_20190501)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-142 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-143 /
$G:(DE-Juel1)jias1e_20190501$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000514195100067},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2019.12.046},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/888418},
}