Current-induced hydrogen tautomerization and conductance switching of naphthalocyanine molecules

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5842, 2007, Pages 1203-1206

  Liljeroth, Peter ^a   Repp, Jascha ^a,b   Meyer, Gerhard ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN; LOW TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 35948951767     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144366     Document Type: Article

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27. We thank R. Allenspach and M. Grifoni for fruitful discussions. We acknowledge partial funding by European Union projects "CHIC," "NANOMAN," and "NAPA," and by the Volkswagen foundation and the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research through their "Lichtenberg" and "Nanoscale Science" programs, respectively.