Reliable Lateral Manipulation of Single Adatom on Metal fcc(111) Surfaces with a Single-Atom Tip
XIE Yi-Qun, LIU Qing-Wei, ZHANG Peng, GAN Fu-Xi, ZHUANG Jun
Department of Optical Science and Engineering, State Key Joint Laboratory for Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
Reliable Lateral Manipulation of Single Adatom on Metal fcc(111) Surfaces with a Single-Atom Tip
XIE Yi-Qun; LIU Qing-Wei;ZHANG Peng;GAN Fu-Xi;ZHUANG Jun
Department of Optical Science and Engineering, State Key Joint Laboratory for Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
摘要Using molecular statistics simulations based on the embedded atom method potential, we investigate the reliability of the lateral manipulation of single Pt adatom on Pt(111) surface with a single-atom tip for different tip heights (tip-surface distance) and tip orientations. In the higher tip-height range, tip orientation has little influence on the reliability of the manipulation, and there is an optimal manipulation reliability in this range. In the lower tip-height range the reliability is sensitive to the tip orientation, suggesting that we can obtain a better manipulation reliability with a proper tip orientation. These results can also be extended to the lateral manipulation of Pd adatom on Pd(111) surface.
Abstract：Using molecular statistics simulations based on the embedded atom method potential, we investigate the reliability of the lateral manipulation of single Pt adatom on Pt(111) surface with a single-atom tip for different tip heights (tip-surface distance) and tip orientations. In the higher tip-height range, tip orientation has little influence on the reliability of the manipulation, and there is an optimal manipulation reliability in this range. In the lower tip-height range the reliability is sensitive to the tip orientation, suggesting that we can obtain a better manipulation reliability with a proper tip orientation. These results can also be extended to the lateral manipulation of Pd adatom on Pd(111) surface.
XIE Yi-Qun; LIU Qing-Wei;ZHANG Peng;GAN Fu-Xi;ZHUANG Jun. Reliable Lateral Manipulation of Single Adatom on Metal fcc(111) Surfaces with a Single-Atom Tip[J]. 中国物理快报, 2008, 25(5): 1799-1802.
XIE Yi-Qun, LIU Qing-Wei, ZHANG Peng, GAN Fu-Xi, ZHUANG Jun. Reliable Lateral Manipulation of Single Adatom on Metal fcc(111) Surfaces with a Single-Atom Tip. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2008, 25(5): 1799-1802.
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