Molecular switches from benzene derivatives adsorbed on metal surfaces

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Wei ^a   Filimonov, Sergey N ^a,b   Carrasco, Javier ^c,d   Tkatchenko, Alexandre ^a  

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

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^d CIC ENERGIGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; METAL;

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COVALENT BOND; DESORPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HALOGENATION; HYSTERESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84893387285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3569     Document Type: Article

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