Role of molecular orbitals near the fermi level in the excitation of vibrational modes of a single molecule at a scanning tunneling microscope junction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Ohara, Michiaki ^a,b   Kim, Yousoo ^a   Yanagisawa, Susumu ^c   Morikawa, Yoshitada ^c,d   Kawai, Maki ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; EXCITED STATES; FERMI LEVEL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

INELASTICALLY TUNNELED ELECTRONS; METAL ATOMS; REHYBRIDIZATION;

MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

EID: 41749108626     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.136104     Document Type: Article

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