Selectivity in vibrationally mediated single-molecule chemistry

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6939, 2003, Pages 525-528

  Pascual, J I ^a,b   Lorente, N ^c   Song, Z ^a,d   Conrad, H ^a   Rust, H P ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; DESORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

SELECTIVE EXCITATION;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037762598     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01649     Document Type: Article

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