Hand Controlled Manipulation of Single Molecules via a Scanning Probe Microscope with a 3D Virtual Reality InterfacePhilipp Leinen 1,2, Matthew F. B. Green 1,2, Taner Esat 1,2, Christian Wagner 1,2, F. Stefan Tautz 1,2, Ruslan Temirov 1,2
1Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 2Fundamentals of Future Information Technology, Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA)
We demonstrate the precise manipulation of individual organic molecules on a metal surface with the tip of a scanning probe microscope driven in 3D by the experimenter's hand using a motion capture system and fully immersive virtual reality goggles.