Vibrationally resolved fluorescence excited with submolecular precision

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5606, 2003, Pages 542-546

  Qiu, X H ^a   Nazin, G V ^a   Hot, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; PHOTONS; PORPHYRINS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NICKEL; PORPHYRIN;

FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; EXCITATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROBE; MOLECULE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037462546     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078675     Document Type: Article

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