Molecular Rotors:
Caption: Possible structures for N-trimethylsilyl-7-azanorbornadiene. Ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy data and theoretical calculations suggest that this molecule adopts the azimuthal rotor conformation on Si(100) surfaces.
Relevant Publications:
[1] M. E. Greene, N. P. Guisinger, R. Basu, A. S. Baluch, and M. C. Hersam, “Nitroxyl Free Radical Binding to Si(100): A Combined STM and Computational Modeling Study,” Surface Science, 559, 16 (2004).
[2] B. Wang, X. Zheng, J. Michl, E. T. Foley, M. C. Hersam, A. Bilić, M. J. Crossley, J. R. Reimers, and N. S. Hush, “An azanorbornadiene anchor for molecular-level construction on silicon(100),” Nanotechnology, 15, 324 (2004).
Collaborators: Josef Michl (Colorado Chemistry), Jeffrey Reimers (Sydney Chemistry), Max Crossley (Sydney Chemistry), Noel Hush (Sydney Chemistry)