Figure 2: Manipulations of individual 5-6 bond C60 molecules by STM tip at room temperature.
From: Switching Molecular Orientation of Individual Fullerene at Room Temperature
(a–c) STM images of a 5-6 bond C60 molecule for a successive manipulation process at room temperature. Initial status (a) middle status (b) and final status (c). Insets to (a) and (b) show high-resolution STM images in which the molecular orientations are indicated by blue and green arrows. (d–g) Various manipulation cases for 5-6 bond C60 molecules. The STM images in the left column are for 5-6 bond C60 molecules before manipulations and the images in the right column show the final states of the C60 molecules after manipulation. The middle column shows the rotation angles of the molecular orientations before and after the manipulations. The initial and final orientations of fullerene are indicated by the blue and green arrows.
