%0 Journal Article
%T Anchoring of a Single Molecular Rotor and Its Array on Metal Surfaces using Molecular Design and Self-Assembly
%A Li Gao
%A Shi-Xuan Du
%A Hong-Jun Gao
%J International Journal of Molecular Sciences
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ijms11020656
%X Functionalizing of single molecules on surfaces has manifested great potential for bottom-up construction of complex devices on a molecular scale. We discuss the growth mechanism for the initial layers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on metal surfaces and we review our recent progress on molecular machines, and present a molecular rotor with a fixed off-center axis formed by chemical bonding. These results represent important advances in molecular-based nanotechnology.
%K molecular rotor
%K molecular self-assembly
%K scanning tunneling microscopy
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/11/2/656