Chemistry: Real-time observation of molecular motion on a surface

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5755, 2005, Pages 1790-1793

  Backus, Ellen H G ^a   Eichler, Andreas ^b   Kleyn, Aart W ^a,c   Bonn, Mischa ^a,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^d FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; PLATINUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SITE-TO-SITE HOPPING; ULTRAFAST VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFUSION; LASER; MOLECULE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME; ULTRAFAST VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 29144454987     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120693     Document Type: Article

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