Submolecular control, spectroscopy and imaging of bond-selective chemistry in single functionalized molecules

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-41

  Jiang, Ying ^a,b   Huan, Qing ^a,c   Fabris, Laura ^d   Bazan, Guillermo C ^d   Ho, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GOLD; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRONS; GOLD; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84871588023     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1488     Document Type: Article

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