Li@C60 as a multi-state molecular switch

Molecular switches that can access more than just a few states are difficult to realize. Here, the authors use scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy to show that a surface-bound Li@C60 endofullerene can be switched between 14 molecular states—distinguished by the location of the Li atom in...

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Main Authors: Henry J. Chandler, Minas Stefanou, Eleanor E. B. Campbell, Renald Schaub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10300-2