Revealing the molecular structure of single-molecule junctions in different conductance states by fishing-mode tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Ding, Song Yuan ^a   Chen, Zhao Bin ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Tian, Jing Hua ^a   Anema, Jason R ^a   Zhou, Xiao Shun ^a   Wu, De Yin ^a   Mao, Bing Wei ^a   Xu, Xin ^a   Ren, Bin ^a   Tian, Zhong Qun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDINE; 4,4' BIPYRIDINE; 4,4'-BIPYRIDYL; GOLD; ORGANOGOLD COMPOUND; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FISHING MODE TIP ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GOLD; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOGOLD COMPOUNDS; PYRIDINES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955886142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1310     Document Type: Article

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