National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Nat Nanotechnol. 2009 Dec;4(12):803-10. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2009.347.
During the past 20 years, the manipulation of atoms and molecules at surfaces has allowed the construction and characterization of model systems that could, potentially, act as building blocks for future nanoscale devices. The majority of these experiments were performed with scanning tunnelling microscopy at cryogenic temperatures. Recently, it has been shown that another scanning probe technique, the atomic force microscope, is capable of positioning single atoms even at room temperature. Here, we review progress in the manipulation of atoms and molecules with the atomic force microscope, and discuss the new opportunities presented by this technique.
在过去的 20 年中，对表面原子和分子的操纵使得构建和表征模型系统成为可能，这些系统有可能成为未来纳米尺度器件的构建模块。这些实验大多数是在低温下使用扫描隧道显微镜进行的。最近，人们已经证明，另一种扫描探针技术，原子力显微镜，甚至在室温下也能够定位单个原子。在这里，我们回顾了原子力显微镜在操纵原子和分子方面的进展，并讨论了该技术带来的新机遇。
