Time-resolved studies of individual molecular rotors.

@article{Jewell2010TimeresolvedSO,
  title={Time-resolved studies of individual molecular rotors.},
  author={April D. Jewell and Heather L. Tierney and Ashleigh E. Baber and Erin V. Iski and Michael M Laha and E. Charles H. Sykes},
  journal={Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal},
  year={2010},
  volume={22 26},
  pages={
          264006
        }
}
Thioether molecular rotors show great promise as nanoscale models for exploring the fundamental limits of thermally and electrically driven molecular rotation. By using time-resolved measurements which increase the time resolution of the scanning tunneling microscope we were able to record the dynamics of individual thioether molecular rotors as a function of surface structure, rotor chemistry, thermal energy and electrical excitation. Our results demonstrate that the local surface structure… 
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