Towards Atom-by-Atom Fabrication: Mechanosynthetic Donation And Abstraction

Above: The molecular tool and general mechanosynthetic processes. (A) Overview of the probe and sample (above and below, respectively, not to scale) for IM-STM enabled mechanosynthesis. (B) Zoomed-in focus on the desired surface binding of the EAOGe–C2I molecular tool. (C) Chemical scheme for (B). (D) The deiodinated tool (EAOGe–C2●). Approaching the tool to the probe … Continue reading "Towards…