Recent advances in submolecular resolution with scanning probe microscopy

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Gross, Leo ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,3 NAPHTHALOCYANINE; 2,3-NAPHTHALOCYANINE; 3,4,9,10 PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; 3,4,9,10-PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALLOY; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHACENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACENE; PERYLENE; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ALLOYS; ANHYDRIDES; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; NAPHTHACENES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERYLENE; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 79953103573     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1008     Document Type: Article

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