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Cover Picture: Towards “Mechanochemistry”: Mechanically Induced Isomerizations of Thiolate–Gold Clusters (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 20/2003)
Author(s) -
Krüger Daniel,
Rousseau Roger,
Fuchs Harald,
Marx Dominik
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390457
Subject(s) - mechanochemistry , isomerization , cluster (spacecraft) , cover (algebra) , molecule , nanotechnology , chemistry , crystallography , atomic force microscopy , materials science , engineering , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , catalysis , computer science , programming language
“Mechanochemistry” is the use of mechanical forces to induce and control molecular reactions. This link between chemistry and nanophysics is illustrated by D. Marx et al. on page 2251ff. in a theoretical study: thiolate molecule is employed to stretch a gold cluster into a nanowire. The cover picture follows clockwise the isomerization steps that occur under the application of an external pulling force, such as that exerted by an atomic force microscope.