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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 106, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.136101
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- European Framework 6 training networks PATTERNS and NANOCAGE
- University of Nottingham
- EPSRC [EP/G007837/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G007837/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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We reversibly switch the state of a bistable atom by direct mechanical manipulation of bond angle using a dynamic force microscope. Individual buckled dimers at the Si(100) surface are flipped via the formation of a single covalent bond, actuating the smallest conceivable in-plane toggle switch (two atoms) via chemical force alone. The response of a given dimer to a flip event depends critically on both the local and nonlocal environment of the target atom-an important consideration for future atomic scale fabrication strategies.
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