Two-electron dissociation of single molecules by atomic manipulation at room temperature

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7031, 2005, Pages 367-371

  Sloan, P A ^a,b   Palmer, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; CRYOGENICS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CHLOROBENZENE; ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; TWO-ELECTRON DISSOCIATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; SILICON;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 16344363246     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03385     Document Type: Article

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