Quantification of finite-temperature effects on adsorption geometries of π-conjugated molecules: Azobenzene/Ag(111)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mercurio, G ^a,b   Maurer, R J ^c   Liu, W ^d   Hagen, S ^e   Leyssner, F ^e   Tegeder, P ^e,f   Meyer, J ^c   Tkatchenko, A ^d   Soubatch, S ^a,b   Reuter, K ^c   Tautz, F S ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Section JARA FIT   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84880800138     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.035421     Document Type: Article

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