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ArticleNano letters2026

Forcing a Molecule to Switch: Quantifying Mechanical Control at the Atomic Scale.

A M Shashika D Wijerathna, Markus Zirnheld, Michael L Hildebrand, Myles Perry, Marjorie Cenese, Yuan Zhang

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Article in Nano letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

A M Shashika D WijerathnaDepartment of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6003-6801
Markus ZirnheldDepartment of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States.ORCID 0009-0009-9748-6927
Michael L HildebrandDepartment of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States.ORCID 0009-0003-5754-7322
Myles PerryDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States.
Marjorie CeneseDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States.
Yuan ZhangDepartment of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7431-5262

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanically induced conformational switching at the single-molecule level represents a fundamental mechanism for molecular functionality, yet quantitative characterization of the underlying force and energy landscape remains limited. Here, we study individual TBrPP-Co(II) molecules on Au(111) using qPlus atomic force microscopy. By reconstructing interaction potentials from 3D Δ

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conformational molecular switchqPlus atomic force microscopyscanning tunneling microscopysingle-molecule force spectroscopy

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PMID42378372
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