Rate-determining factors in the chain polymerization of molecules initiated by local single-molecule excitation

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2779-2786

  Mandal, Swapan K ^a   Okawa, Yuji ^a   Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Aono, Masakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

chain polymerization rate; molybdenum disulfide; polydiacetylene; polymer nanowire; scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON ATOMS; CHAIN POLYMERIZATION; DIACETYLENES; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; GRAPHITE SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; POLYDIACETYLENE; POLYDIACETYLENES; POLYMER NANOWIRE; POLYMERIZATION REACTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SINGLE-MOLECULE; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL;

ACETYLENE; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; GRAPHITE; MOLECULES; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SUBSTRATES;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 79955457531     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn103231j     Document Type: Article

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