Tuning in to a single molecule: Vibrational spectroscopy with atomic resolution

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 421-428

  Stipe, Barry C ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Scanning tunneling microscopy; Single molecules; Vibrational spectra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012694166     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(99)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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