Identification of molecular flipping of an asymmetric tris(phthalocyaninato) lutetium triple-decker complex by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-241

  Kong, Xianghua ^a   Lei, Shengbin ^b   Yang, Yanlian ^b   Deng, Ke ^b   Qi, Guicun ^b   Wang, Chen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular switch; Phase transition; Scanning tunneling microscopy spectroscopy; Triple decker sandwich complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249188756     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9021-z     Document Type: Article

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