Electron stimulation of internal torsion of a surface-mounted molecular rotor

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4929-4935

  Wang, Weihua ^a   Shi, Xingqiang ^b   Jin, Mochen ^a   Minot, Christian ^b,c   Van Hove, Michel A ^b   Collin, Jean Paul ^d   Lin, Nian ^a  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Density functional theory calculation; Electron excitation; Molecular rotor; Scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR ORIENTATION; AXIAL VIBRATIONS; CU(1 1 1); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON EXCITATION; ELECTRON PROCESS; ELECTRON STIMULATION; INTERNAL TORSION; LONG AXIS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR ROTOR; MOLECULAR ROTORS; STABLE STATE; SUB-MOLECULAR RESOLUTION; TERMINAL GROUPS; TIME-RESOLVED; TORSIONAL MOTION; TUNNELING CURRENT; TUNNELING ELECTRONS;

ELECTRONS; ROTATION; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TORSIONAL STRESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 78650116871     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101330c     Document Type: Article

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