Carbon Nanotube for Imaging of Single Molecules in Motion

Chemistry of Nanocarbons

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 405-412

  Nakamura, Eiichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D structural information on pyrene amide molecule; Carbon nanotube for imaging of single molecules in motion; Electron microscopic observation of small molecules; Molecular transport through nanosized pore in film membrane fundamental importance; New experimental tool analysis of motional behavior of single small organic molecule; State of the art transmission electron microscopy; TEM imaging of alkyl carborane molecules; TEM observation of single molecule motion bridging world of molecular science to classical world; Translation and conformational change of molecules friction and lubrication phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866728224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470660188.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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