Surveying molecular vibrations during the formation of metal-molecule nanocontacts

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 657-660

  Vitali, Lucia ^a   Ohmann, Robin ^a   Kern, Klaus ^a,b   Garcia Lekue, Aran ^c   Frederiksen, Thomas ^c   Sanchez Portal, Daniel ^c,d   Arnau, Andres ^c,d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^d CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electron conductance; Electron vibration coupling; Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy; Nonequilibrium green's function; Point contact spectroscopy; Single molecule metal contact

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON-VIBRATION COUPLINGS; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; METAL CONTACTS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE MOLECULE-METAL CONTACT;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; METALS; MOLECULES; POINT CONTACTS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

ELECTRONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATION;

ADSORPTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 76749097701     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl903760k     Document Type: Article

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