Controlled low-temperature molecular manipulation of sexiphenyl molecules on Ag(111) using scanning tunneling microscopy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Hla, Saw Wai ^a   Braun, Kai Felix ^a   Wassermann, Bernhard ^b   Rieder, Karl Heinz ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESONATORS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION (LDA); MOLECULE PROPAGATION; PHYSISORPTION; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 19744376605     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.208302     Document Type: Article

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