DOI: 10.1126/science.1238187. Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions

Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions

10.1126/science.1238187

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Abstract

Watching Organic Reactions Single-molecule studies can overcome the difficulty of inferring the various outcomes of reactions in ensemble measurements. De Oteyza et al. (p. 1434 , published online 30 May; see the Perspective by Giessibl ) used a variation of noncontact atomic force microscopy in which the imaging tip was derivatized with a single CO molecule to obtain subnanometer-resolution images of conjugated organic molecules undergoing reaction on a silver surface. Different thermally induced cyclization reactions of oligo- (phenylene-1,2-ethynylenes) were observed.

Bibliography

de Oteyza, D. G., Gorman, P., Chen, Y.-C., Wickenburg, S., Riss, A., Mowbray, D. J., Etkin, G., Pedramrazi, Z., Tsai, H.-Z., Rubio, A., Crommie, M. F., & Fischer, F. R. (2013). Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions. Science, 340(6139), 1434â1437.

Authors 12

Dimas G. de Oteyza (first)
Patrick Gorman (additional)
Yen-Chia Chen (additional)
Sebastian Wickenburg (additional)
Alexander Riss (additional)
Duncan J. Mowbray (additional)
Grisha Etkin (additional)
Zahra Pedramrazi (additional)
Hsin-Zon Tsai (additional)
Angel Rubio (additional)
Michael F. Crommie (additional)
Felix R. Fischer (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	12 years, 2 months ago (May 31, 2013, 1:42 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2024, 9:36 a.m.)
Indexed	3 days, 10 hours ago (Aug. 19, 2025, 5:55 a.m.)
Issued	12 years, 2 months ago (June 21, 2013)
Published	12 years, 2 months ago (June 21, 2013)
Published Print	12 years, 2 months ago (June 21, 2013)

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BibTeX

@article{de_Oteyza_2013, title={Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions}, volume={340}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1238187}, DOI={10.1126/science.1238187}, number={6139}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={de Oteyza, Dimas G. and Gorman, Patrick and Chen, Yen-Chia and Wickenburg, Sebastian and Riss, Alexander and Mowbray, Duncan J. and Etkin, Grisha and Pedramrazi, Zahra and Tsai, Hsin-Zon and Rubio, Angel and Crommie, Michael F. and Fischer, Felix R.}, year={2013}, month=jun, pages={1434–1437} }

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