A scanning tunneling microscopy investigation of 4,4′-dimethylbianthrone molecules adsorbed on Cu(111)

Surface Science

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-49

  Cuberes, M T ^a,c   Schlittler, R R ^a   Jung, T A ^a   Schaumburg, K ^b   Gimzewski, J K ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bianthrone; Chemisorption; Dimethylbianthrone; Molecular absorption; Scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; COPPER; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

DIMETHYLBIANTHRONE; MOLECULAR ABSORPTION;

SURFACES;

EID: 0031193045     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(97)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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