Issue 2, 2024

Multistate switching of scanning tunnelling microscopy machined polyoxovanadate–dysprosium–phthalocyanine nanopatterns on graphite

Abstract

We demonstrate the first formation of stable, multistate switchable monolayers of polyoxometalates (POMs), which can be electronically triggered to higher charged states with increased conductance in the current–voltage profile at room temperature. These responsive two-dimensional monolayers are based on a fully oxidised dodecavanadate cage (POV12) equipped with Dy(III)-doped phthalocyanine (Pc) macrocycles adopting the face-on orientation on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). The layers can be lithographically processed by the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) to machine patterns with diameters ranging from 30 to 150 nm2.

Graphical abstract: Multistate switching of scanning tunnelling microscopy machined polyoxovanadate–dysprosium–phthalocyanine nanopatterns on graphite

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Aug. 2023
Accepted
04 Dec. 2023
First published
12 Dec. 2023

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024,9, 233-237

Multistate switching of scanning tunnelling microscopy machined polyoxovanadate–dysprosium–phthalocyanine nanopatterns on graphite

M. Moors, I. Werner, J. Bauer, J. Lorenz and K. Yu. Monakhov, Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9, 233 DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00345K

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