Scientific Publications

2022
  • H.H. Lin, A. Croy, R. Gutierrez, C. Joachim, and G. Cuniberti: A Nanographene Disk Rotating a single Molecule Gear on a Cu(111) surface, Nanotechnology, 33, 175701, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac4b4b

2021
  • K. H. Au-Yeung, T. Kühne, D. Becker, M. Richter, D. A. Ryndyk, G. Cuniberti, T. Heine, X. Feng, F. Moresco: On-Surface Formation of Cyano-Vinylene Linked Chains by Knoevenagel Condensation, Chem.Eur.J.,27,17336–17340 (2021), DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103094

  • F. Eisenhut, T. Kühne, J. Monsalve, S. Srivastava, D. A. Ryndyk, G. Cuniberti, O. Aiboudi, F. Lissel, V. Zobac, R. Robles, N. Lorente, C. Joachim and F. Moresco: One-way rotation of a chemically anchored single molecule-rotor, Nanoscale 13, 16077 – 16083 (2021), DOI: doi.org/10.1039/d1nr04583k

  • A. Barragán, R. Robles, N. Lorente, L. Vitali: Power discontinuity and shift of the energy onset of a molecular de-bromination reaction induced by hot-electron tunneling, Nanoscale, 2021,13, 15215-15219, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR04229G

  • W-H. Soe, R. Robles, P. de Mendoza, A.M. Echavarren, N. Lorente, C. Joachim: Doublet-Singlet-Doublet Transition in a Single Organic Molecule Magnet On-Surface Constructed with up to 3 Aluminum Atoms, Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 19, 8317–8323, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02881

  • C. Mier, B. Verlhac, L. Garnier, R. Robles, L. Limot, N. Lorente, D-J. Choi: Superconducting Scanning Tunneling Microscope Tip to Reveal Sub-millielectronvolt Magnetic Energy Variations on Surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 11, 2983–2989, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00328

  • R. Asato, C.J. Martin, Y. Gisbert, S. Abid, T. Kawai, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: Ruthenium complexes of sterically-hindered pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl ligands, RSC Advances 20207-20215 (2021), DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03875c

  • S. Gao, Y. Gisbert, G. Erbland, S. Abid, C. Kammerer, A. Venturini, G. Rapenne, B. Ventura, N. Armaroli: Photophysical properties of 1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl hydrotris(indazolyl) borate ruthenium(II) complexes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 17049-17056 (2021), DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02261j

  • W. Nakanishi, A. Nakata, P. Perez, M. Takeuchi, C. Joachim; K. Sagisaka: The Emergence of Multiple Coordination Numbers in Gold–Cyanoarene Complexes: A Study of the On-Surface Coordination Mechanism, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2021, 125, 9937–9946, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02456

  • Y. Gisbert, S. Abid, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: Molecular gears from solution to surfaces, Chem. Eur. J. 27, 12019-12031 (2021), DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101489

  • Y. Gisbert, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: Divergent synthesis of molecular winch prototypes, Chem. Eur. J. 27, 16242-16249 (2021), DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103126

  • S. Abid, Y. Gisbert, M. Kojima, N. Saffon-Merceron, J. Cuny, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: Desymmetrised pentaporphyrinic gears mounted on metallo-organic anchors, Chem. Sci. 12, 4709-4721 (2021), DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06379g

  • W.H. Soe, P. de Mendoza, A.M. Echavarren, C.Joachim: A Single Molecule Full Digital Adder, J. Phys. Chem. Lett, 12, 8528–8532, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02449

  • R. Asato, C.J. Martin, S. Abid, Y. Gisbert, F. Asanoma, T. Nakashima, C. Kammerer, T. Kawai, G. Rapenne: A molecular rotor functionalized with a photoresponsive brake, Inorg. Chem. 60, 3492-3501 (2021), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03330

2020
  • W.-H. Soe, M. Kleinwachter, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne, C. Joachim: Mechanics of molecule-gears with six long teeth, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 41, 22625–22630 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c08194

  • M. Sakukai, S. Nagano and C. Joachim: Local heat generated by a focused He+ ion beam, Nanotechnology. 2020 Aug 21;31(34):345708, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab91f3

  • T. Nishino, C.J. Martin, H. Takeuchi, F. Lim, K. Yasuhara, Y. Gisbert, S. Abid, N. Saffon-Merceron, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: A dipolar nanocar based on a porphyrin backbone, Chem. Eur. J. 26, 12010-12018 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001999

  • K.H. Au-Yeung, T. Kühne, F. Eisenhut, M. Kleinwächter, Y. Gisbert, R. Robles, N. Lorente, G. Cuniberti, C. Joachim, G. Rapenne, C. Kammerer, F. Moresco: Transmitting Stepwise Rotation among Three Molecule-Gear on the Au(111) Surface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11 (16), 6892-6899 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01747

  • T. Kühne, Kwan H. Au-Yeung, Frank Eisenhut, O. Aiboudi, D. A. Ryndyk, G. Cuniberti, F. Lissel, F. Moresco: STM induced manipulation of azulene-based molecules and nanostructures: the role of the dipole moment, Nanoscale, 12, 24471–24476 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06809h

  • C. Joachim: From the Anthycytera Astronomical Clock to Single Molecule Scale Machinery, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_1

  • P. Abheillou, B. Gatti, K. Froissard, N. Joachim, C. Joachim: From the Pascaline to a 5-Digits Metallic and Planar Miniature Mechanical Calculator 1 cm in Lateral Size, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_2

  • C. Bourgerette, L. Noé, S. Pinaud, C. Joachim: Photo-Microlithography Fabrication of the Parts of a Micro-Mechanical Calculator,  In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_3

  • D. Mailly, G. Faini: Fabricating Solid State Gears at the Nanoscale: A Top–Down Approach, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_4

  • S. Abid, G. Erbland, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: Prototypes of Molecular Gears with an Organometallic Piano-Stool Architecture, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_5

  • K. H. Au-Yeung, T. Kühne, F. Eisenhut, F. Moresco: Anchoring Molecular Rotors by On-Surface Synthesis, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, 117-130, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_8

  • WH. Soe, S. Srivastava, C. Joachim.: Transmission of Rotational Motion Between Molecule-Gears, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_9

  • S. Srivastava, WH. Soe, C. Joachim: A Simple Example of a Molecule-Gear Train: PF3 Molecules on a Cu(111) Surface, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_10

  • H.-H. Lin, J. Heinze, A. Croy, R. Gutierrez and G. Cuniberti: Mechanical transmission of rotation for molecule gears and solid-state gears, In: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_11

  • F. Eisenhut, T. Kühne, F. García, S. Fernández, E. Guitián, D. Pérez, G. Trinquier, G. Cuniberti, C. Joachim, D. Peña, F. Moresco: Dodecacene Generated on Surface: Reopening of the Energy Gap,  ACS Nano 14, 1011−1017 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08456

  • Q. Sun, L.M. Mateo, R. Robles, P. Ruffieux, N. Lorente, G. Bottari, T. Torres, R. Fasel: Inducing Open-Shell Character in Porphyrins through Surface-Assisted Phenalenyl π-Extension, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 42, 18109–18117, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07781

  • M.G. Cuxart, M.A. Valbuena, R. Robles, C. Moreno, F. Bonell, G. Sauthier, I. Imaz, H. Xu, C. Nistor, P. Gargiani, M. Valvidares, D. Maspoch, P. Gambardella: Molecular approach for engineering interfacial interactions in magnetic/topological insulator heterostructures, ACS Nano 14(5): 6285–6294 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02498

  • M.S. Mohammed, L. Colazzo, R. Robles, R. Dorel, A.M. Echavarren, N. Lorente, D. G. de Oteyza: Electronic decoupling of polyacenes from the underlying metal substrate by sp3 carbon atoms, Communications Physics 3, 150 (2020), DOI: 10.1038/s42005-020-00425-y

  • R. Robles, V. Zobača, K. H. Au-Yeung, F. Moresco, C. Joachim, N. Lorente: Supramolecular Chemistry Based on 4-Acetylbiphenyl on Au(111), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 15208–15213 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01657h

  • K.H. Au-Yeung, T. Kühne, F. Eisenhut, M. Kleinwächter, Y. Gisbert, R. Robles, N. Lorente, G. Cuniberti, C. Joachim, G. Rapenne, C. Kammerer, F. Moresco: Transmitting Stepwise Rotation among Three Molecule-Gear on the Au(111) Surface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11 (16), 6892-6899 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01747

  • K. H. Au-Yeung, T. Kühne, F. Eisenhut, F. Moresco: Anchoring Molecular Rotors by On-Surface Synthesis, in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Series, Ed. C. Joachim, 117-130, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_8

  • T. Kühne, Kwan H. Au-Yeung, Frank Eisenhut, O. Aiboudi, D. A. Ryndyk, G. Cuniberti, F. Lissel, F. Moresco: STM induced manipulation of azulene-based molecules and nanostructures: the role of the dipole moment, Nanoscale, 12, 24471–24476 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06809h

  • D. Civita, M. Kolmer, G. J. Simpson, A.-P. Li, S. Hecht, and Leonhard Grill: Control of long-distance motion of single molecules, Science 370, 957–960 (2020), DOI: 10.1126/science.abd0696

  • H.-H. Lin, A. Croy, R. Gutierrez, C. Joachim, and G. Cuniberti: Mechanical Transmission of Rotational Motion between Molecular-Scale Gears, Phys. Rev. Applied 13, 034024 – Published 9 March 2020, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.034024, linked data: opara.zih.tu-dresden.de/xmlui/handle/123456789/1653

  • V. Zobač, R. Robles, N. Lorente: Directionality in van der Waals Interactions: The Case of 4-Acetylbiphenyl Adsorbed on Au (111), J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 4545 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09599

  • F. Eisenhut, T. Kühne, F. García, S. Fernández, E. Guitián, D. Pérez, G. Trinquier, G. Cuniberti, C. Joachim, D. Peña, F. Moresco: Dodecacene Generated on Surface: Reopening of the Energy Gap, ACS Nano 14, 1011−1017 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08456

2019
  • D. Skidin, F. Eisenhut, M. Richter, S. Nikipar, J. Krüger, D. Ryndyk, R. Berger, G. Cuniberti, X. Feng, F. Moresco: On-surface synthesis of nitrogen-doped nanographenes with 5-7 membered rings, Chem. Commun. 55, 4731-4734 (2019), DOI: 10.1039/C9CC00276F

  • Y. Gisbert, S. Abid, G. Bertrand, N. Saffon-Merceron, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: Modular synthesis of pentaarylcyclopentadienyl Ru-based molecular machines via sequential Pd-catalysed cross couplings, Chem. Commun. 55, 14689–14692 (2019), DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08384g

  • B. Verlhac, N. Bachellier, L. Garnier, M. Ormaza, P. Abufager, R. Robles, M.-L. Bocquet, M. Ternes, N. Lorente, L. Limot: Atomic-scale spin sensing with a single molecule at the apex of a scanning tunneling microscope, Science 366, 623 (2019), DOI: 10.1126/science.aax8222

  • W.H. Soe, S. Srivastava, C. Joachim: A Train of Single Molecule-Gears, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10/2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02259

  • G.J. Simspon, V. García-López, A.D. Boese, J.M. Tour, L. Grill: How to control single-molecule rotation, Nature Communications, 10/2019, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12605-8

  • G. Erbland, S. Abid, Y. Gisbert, N. Saffon-Merceron, Y. Hashimoto, L. Andreoni, T. Guérin, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne: Star‐shaped ruthenium complexes as prototypes of molecular gears, Chemistry A European Journal, 10.1002/chem.201903615, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903615

  • C. Kammerer, G. Erbland, Y. Gisbert, T. Nishino, K. Yasuhara and G. Rapenne: Biomimetic and Technomimetic Single Molecular Machines, Chemistry Letters, Vol. 48, No. 4 (2019), DOI: doi.org/10.1246/cl.181019

  • N. Kocic, D. Blank, P. Abufager, N. Lorente, S. Decurtins, Si-X Liu, J. Repp: Implementing functionality in molecular self-assembled  monolayers, Nano Letters 19, 2750 (2019), DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03960

  • D. Skidin, F. Eisenhut, M. Richter, S. Nikipar, J. Krüger, D. Ryndyk, R. Berger, G. Cuniberti, X. Feng, F. Moresco: On-surface synthesis of nitrogen-doped nanographenes with 5-7 membered rings, Chem. Commun. 55, 4731-4734 (2019), DOI: 10.1039/C9CC00276F

2018
  • G. Erbland, Y. Gisbert, G. Rapenne and C. Kammerer: Expedient Synthesis of Thioether-Functionalized Hydrotris(indazolyl)borate as an Anchoring Platform for Rotary Molecular Machines, European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018, 4731-4739 (2018), DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800990

  • W. H. Soe, C. Durand, O. Guillermet, S. Gauthier, H. P. J. d. Rouville, S. Srivastava, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne and C. Joachim, Surface manipulation of a curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-based nano-vehicle molecule equipped with triptycene wheels, Nanotechnology 29, 495401 (2018), DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aae0d9

  • F. Eisenhut, J. Meyer, J. Krüger, R. Ohmann, G. Cuniberti and F. Moresco, Inducing the controlled rotation of single o-MeO-DMBI molecules anchored on Au(111), Surf. Sci., (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2018.05.003

  • C. Nacci, M. Baroncini, A. Credi, and L. Grill: Reversible Photoswitching and Isomer‐Dependent Diffusion of Single Azobenzene Tetramers on a Metal Surface, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2018), DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806536

  • T. Lehmann, A. Croy, R. Gutierrez, G. Cubinerti: Time-dependent framework for energy and charge currents in nanoscale systems, Chemical Physics, Volume 514, 25 October 2018, Pages 176-182, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.01.011