Trevethan, T;
Watkins, M;
Kantorovich, LN;
Shluger, AL;
(2007)
Controlled manipulation of atoms in insulating surfaces with the virtual atomic force microscope.
PHYS REV LETT
, 98
(2)
, Article 028101. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.028101.
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Abstract
We predict how single oxygen ions can be manipulated on the MgO (100) surface and demonstrate the possibility of detecting a single-atom event using a noncontact atomic force microscope. The manipulation process is simulated explicitly in real time with a virtual dynamic atomic force microscope including the full response of the instrumentation and demonstrates a strong dependence on temperature. The proposed new atomistic mechanism and protocols for the controlled manipulation of single atoms and vacancies on insulating surfaces may be relevant for anchoring molecules and metal clusters at these surfaces and controlling their electronic properties.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Controlled manipulation of atoms in insulating surfaces with the virtual atomic force microscope |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.028101 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.028101 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2007 The American Physical Society |
| Keywords: | IONIC SURFACES, SINGLE ATOMS, TIPS, SCALE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10014 |
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