The advent of scanning probe microscopy has provided the unique ability to investigate matter with ultimate precision. Single atoms and molecules can today not only be imaged with unprecedented resolution but also probed by local spectroscopy, manipulated to assemble functional nanostructures and excited to induce chemical change. In the present talk I will present our recent efforts to push the limit of scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy by exploiting ultralow temperatures and high magnetic fields as well as by developing novel vacuum interfaces for the controlled handling of biomolecules with negligible vapor pressure. The experiments provide unprecedented microscopic details of functional molecular interfaces. Many new perspectives ranging from controlling molecular folding to the development of new concepts in molecular quantum electrodynamics and energy conversion are opened up.

Atomic-scale probing and controlling functional molecular nanostructures

247th National Meeting (2014)

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