Mechanisms of Molecular Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope at Room Temperature: Chlorobenzene/Si(111)-(7 × 7)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1183011-1183014

  Sloan, P A ^a   Hedouin, M F G ^a   Palmer, R E ^a   Persson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TUNNELING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MOLECULAR MANIPULATIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0142057424     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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