Controlling intramolecular hydrogen transfer in a porphycene molecule with single atoms or molecules located nearby

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-46

  Kumagai, Takashi ^a   Hanke, Felix ^b,f   Gawinkowski, Sylwester ^c   Sharp, John ^b   Kotsis, Konstantinos ^b   Waluk, Jacek ^c   Persson, Mats ^b,d   Grill, Leonhard ^a,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f Accelrys Limited UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PORPHYCENE; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 84890910457     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1804     Document Type: Article

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