Imaging the charge distribution within a single molecule

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-231

  Mohn, Fabian ^a   Gross, Leo ^a   Moll, Nikolaj ^a   Meyer, Gerhard ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL BONDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MOLECULES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONTACT POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; INTRAMOLECULAR DISTRIBUTION; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; NAPHTHALOCYANINES; SUB-MOLECULAR RESOLUTION; THIN INSULATING LAYERS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

CYANINE DYE; NAPHTHALOCYANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84859622351     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.20     Document Type: Article

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