Visualization and spectroscopy of a metal-molecule-metal bridge

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5642, 2003, Pages 77-81

  Nazin, G V ^a   Qiu, X H ^a   Ho, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; METALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER DERIVATIVE; GOLD; NICKEL; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE;

METAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141754156     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1088971     Document Type: Article

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