Direct measurement and modulation of single-molecule coordinative bonding forces in a transition metal complex

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hao, Xian ^a,b   Zhu, Nan ^a   Gschneidtner, Tina ^c   Jonsson, Elvar Ö ^a   Zhang, Jingdong ^a   Moth Poulsen, Kasper ^c   Wang, Hongda ^b   Thygesen, Kristian S ^a   Jacobsen, Karsten W ^a   Ulstrup, Jens ^a   Chi, Qijin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION COMPOUND; GOLD; LIGAND; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDING; COORDINATE; GOLD; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LIGAND; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MODULATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; SINGLE MOLECULE COORDINATIVE BONDING FORCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84880087263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3121     Document Type: Article

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