Charge-transfer-induced structural rearrangements at both sides of organic/metal interfaces

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 374-379

  Tseng, Tzu Chun ^a   Urban, Christian ^b   Wang, Yang ^b   Otero, Roberto ^b,c   Tait, Steven L ^a,d   Alcamí, Manuel ^b   Écija, David ^b   Trelka, Marta ^b   Gallego, José María ^e   Lin, Nian ^a,f   Konuma, Mitsuharu ^a   Starke, Ulrich ^a   Nefedov, Alexei ^g   Langner, Alexander ^a   Wöll, Christof ^h   Herranz, María Ángeles ⁱ   Martín, Fernando ^b   Martín, Nazario ^c,i   Kern, Klaus ^a,j   Miranda, Rodolfo ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^j EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77951672548     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.591     Document Type: Article

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