09/2021 "Handmade Nanoarchitectures"
In a recent paper in Nature Chemistry we show how to build nanostructures using individual organic molecules one by one with an atomic force microscope. This opens the path to prototyping of new molecular structures, otherwise impossible to fabricate.
Original Publication
Q. Zhong, A. Ihle, S. Ahlers, H.A. Wegner, A. Schirmeisen, D. Ebeling. "Constructing covalent organic nanoarchitectures molecule by molecule via scanning probe manipulation" Nature Chemistry, 2021