A Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Image of Smart Molecular Switches (IMAGE)

Lancaster University

A Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Image of Smart Molecular Switches

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An image of the smart molecular switches as seen with a scanning tunnelling microscope. Every bright square is a single switch (Version marked up showing how the light and dark squares can be used to provide binary information)

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Dr Kunal Mali, KU Leuven

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