Direct observation of the tunneling channels of a chemisorbed molecule

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1517-1523

  Heinrich, Benjamin W ^a   Iacovita, Cristian ^a   Brumme, Thomas ^b,c   Choi, Deung Jang ^a   Limot, Laurent ^a   Rastei, Mircea V ^a   Hofer, Werner A ^d   Kortus, Jens ^b   Bucher, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION GEOMETRIES; CHEMISORBED MOLECULES; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAL INTERFACE; MOLECULAR CONDUCTANCE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (STM); STM STUDY;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; COBALT; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULES;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77952695100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100346a     Document Type: Article

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