Orbital specific chemistry: Controlling the pathway in single-molecule dissociation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2005, Pages

  Hahn, J R ^a,b   Ho, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DYNAMICS; CHEMISORBED; MOLECULAR ORBITAL; SINGLE-MOLECULE DISSOCIATION;

ABSORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FERMI LEVEL; KINETIC ENERGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 22644434042     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1940007     Document Type: Article

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