Electronic decoupling of a cyclophane from a metal surface

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 961-964

  Matino, Francesca ^a   Schull, Guillaume ^b   Köhler, Felix ^a   Gabutti, Sandro ^c   Mayor, Marcel ^c,d   Berndt, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Functional molecules at surfaces; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Vibronic states

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHANE; METAL; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENEDIIMIDE CYCLOPHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GOLD; IMIDE; NAPHTHALENEDIIMIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC DECOUPLING; ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; GOLD; IMIDES; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NAPHTHALENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 79551628676     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006661107     Document Type: Review

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