Reversible switching among three adsorbate configurations in a single [2.2]paracyclophane-based molecule

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-213

  Silien, C ^a,c   Liu, N ^a,d   Ho, W ^a   Maddox, J B ^a   Mukamel, S ^a   Liu, B ^b   Bazan, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATE CONFIGURATIONS; PARACYCLOPHANE; REVERSIBLE SWITCHING; SURFACE LATTICE; TUNNELING ELECTRONS;

ADSORBATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR MODELING;

EID: 38749106911     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl072493c     Document Type: Article

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