In this Letter we suggest a new method of manipulating individual molecules with scanning probes using a "pick-up-and put-down" mode. We demonstrate that the number of molecules picked up by the tip and deposited in a different location can be controlled by adjusting the pulling velocity of the tip and the distance of closest approach of the tip to the surface.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0307162,
title = {Manipulations of individual molecules by scanning probe microscopy},
author = {O. Dudko and A. E. Filippov and J. Klafter and M. Urbakh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0307162},
year = {2015}
}