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Organic Reactivity in Confined Spaces under Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Control: Tailoring the Nanoscale World
Author(s) -
Piot L.,
Bonifazi D.,
Samorì P.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200700785
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , nanoscopic scale , reactivity (psychology) , materials science , quantum tunnelling , nanotechnology , scanning probe microscopy , organic molecules , molecule , confined space , mechanism (biology) , microscopy , chemical physics , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , optics , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering , quantum mechanics
Submolecularly resolved scanning tunnelling microscopy studies of reactions occurring in confined space (i.e., in two dimensions on a surface, see figure) provide genuine insight into the chemical reaction mechanism and offer new ways to achieve greater control over the reactivity of organic molecules.