Adsorption and electron-induced dissociation of ethanethiol on Au(111)

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 11115-11120

  Li, Fangsen ^a,b   Tang, Lin ^b   Gao, Jianzhi ^b   Zhou, Wancheng ^c   Guo, Quanmin ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(1 1 1 ); AU(111) SURFACES; DISSOCIATION PRODUCTS; ELECTRON-INDUCED DISSOCIATION; ETHANETHIOL; LONG RANGE ORDERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHYSISORBED; SAMPLE BIAS;

ADATOMS; ADSORPTION; DISSOCIATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

GOLD;

EID: 84864442696     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la301779m     Document Type: Article

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