Electrical excitation of surface plasmons with the STM	Quantum Interferences at Graphene edges	Silicene Honeycomb on Ag(111)	Stilbene isomerization on Si(100) at 5K	Electronic contact of a PTCDI molecule on SiC(0001)

The Molecular Nanoscience Group

The Molecular Nanoscience Group is part of the Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, a joint research laboratory of the CNRS and Université de Paris-Sud XI. The goal of the Molecular Nanoscience Group is the creation of atomic-scale structures capable of incorporating diverse nanomachine functions (bistable molecule, single atom memory, photon nano-source, graphene and silicene nano devices, etc.).

The aim of the group is to achieve electrical and optical control of individual atomic-scale devices by combining experimental and theoretical expertise in :

• the fabrication of functionalized atomic and molecular devices on surface

• the electronic, optical and quantum control of such devices through atomic-scale manipulation using the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Optical Spectroscopy, and Synchrotron Radiation

• the modelling of surfaces and adsorbates in a laser beam and the STM tunnel junction

NEW : Scattering of surface plasmons

Y. Zhang, E. Boer-Duchemin, T. Wang, B. Rogez, G. Comtet, E. Le Moal, G. Dujardin, A. Hohenau, C. Gruber, and J. R. Krenn, "Edge scattering of surface plasmons excited by scanning tunneling microscopy", Opt. Exp. 21, 13938 (2013)

NEW : First NC-AFM images of Silicene

Z. Majzik, M. R. Tchalala, M. Švec, P. Hapala, H. Enriquez, A. Kara, A.J. Mayne, G. Dujardin, P. Jelínek, H. Oughaddou, "Combined AFM and STM measurements of a silicene sheet grown on the Ag(111) surface", J. Phys. Condens. Mat. 25, 225301 (2013)

Recent Articles

G. Raseev, "Plasmon resonances of Ag(001) and Ag(111) studied by power density absorption and photoyield", Surf. Sci. 615 (2013) 6

T. Ovramenko, F. Spillebout, F.C. Bocquet, A.J. Mayne, G. Dujardin, Ph. Sonnet, L. Stauffer, Y. Ksari, J.-M. Themlin, "STM imagery and DFT calculations of C60 fullerene adsorption on the SiC(0001)-3x3 surface", Phys. Rev. B 87, 155421 (2013)

H. Yang, A.J. Mayne, G. Comtet, G. Dujardin, Y. Kuk, Ph. Sonnet, L. Stauffer, S. Nagarajan, A. Gourdon, "STM Imaging, spectroscopy & manipulation of a self-assembled PTCDI layer on epitaxial graphene”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 4939 (2013)

H. Labidi, L. Kantorovich, D. Riedel, "Atomic-scale control of hydrogen bonding on a bare Si(100) 2x1 surface", Phys. Rev. B 86, 165441 (2012)

Books

A.J. Mayne, G. Dujardin (eds.) « Atomic and Molecular Manipulation », Volume 2 in Frontiers of Nanoscience, series editor R.E. Palmer, Elsevier, Amsterdam (2011) ISBN : 978-0-08-096355-6

A.J. Mayne, D. Riedel, G. Comtet, G. Dujardin, “Electronic Control of Single Molecule Nanomachines” in Current-Driven Phenomena in Nanoelectronics, edited by T. Seideman, Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore (2010). ISBN : 978-981-4241-50-2