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Science 12 April 2002:
Vol. 296. no. 5566, pp. 328 - 331
DOI: 10.1126/science.1069157
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Organic Molecules Acting as Templates on Metal Surfaces

F. Rosei,1 M. Schunack,1 P. Jiang,2 A. Gourdon,2 E. Lægsgaard,1 I. Stensgaard,1 C. Joachim,2 F. Besenbacher2*

The electronic connection of single molecules to nanoelectrodes on a surface is a basic, unsolved problem in the emerging field of molecular nanoelectronics. By means of variable temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, we show that an organic molecule (C90H98), known as the Lander, can cause the rearrangement of atoms on a Cu(110) surface. These molecules act as templates accommodating metal atoms at the step edges of the copper substrate, forming metallic nanostructures (0.75 nanometers wide and 1.85 nanometers long) that are adapted to the dimensions of the molecule.

1 Institute of Physics and Astronomy and CAMP, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
2 CEMES - CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, Post Office Box 4347, F-31055 Toulouse Cedex, France.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: fbe{at}ifa.au.dk

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