In this critical review we cover the state of the art of surface deposition of complex magnetic
molecules. Deposition methods are reviewed, as well as the most used types of surfaces …

Using scanning probe microscopy techniques, at low temperatures and in ultrahigh vacuum,
individual molecules adsorbed on surfaces can be probed with ultrahigh resolution to …

Using atomic manipulation, one can dissociate, form and rearrange bonds, as well as alter
the conformation or charge state of molecules. The molecular structures of reactants …

Mass spectrometry (MS), a century-old analytical technique, is now emerging as a
preparative method. Electrospray deposition (ESD) of charged droplets generated by …

The high intrinsic spin and long spin relaxation time of manganese-12-acetate (Mn12)
makes it an archetypical single molecular magnet. While these characteristics have been …

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) provides chemical information for adsorbates
with nanoscale spatial resolution, single-molecule sensitivity, and, when combined with …

Imaging single proteins has been a long-standing ambition for advancing various fields in
natural science, as for instance structural biology, biophysics, and molecular …

This review aims at giving the readers the basic concepts needed to understand two-
dimensional bimolecular organizations at the vacuum–solid interface. The first part …

The roots of mass spectrometry (MS) can be traced to the early 20th century when in the
Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, UK, JJ Thomson performed his first …

Imaging of individual protein molecules at the single amino acid level has so far not been
possible due to the incompatibility of proteins with the vacuum environment necessary for …