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Title: Single molecule vibrational spectroscopy and microscopy: Cu(II) etioporphyrin-I on Cu(001)

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1311278· OSTI ID:20217601
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  1. Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Cornell Center for Materials Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (United States)

A scanning tunneling microscope was used to perform inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy on single Cu(II) etioporphyrin-I molecules. The resulting vibrational spectra showed an increase in ac tunneling conductance at 359 mV. This change was attributed to the vibrational excitation of the methene bridge C-H stretch mode. Vibrational microscopy was used to image the spatial distribution of the inelastic tunneling channels involved in this excitation. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.

OSTI ID:
20217601
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: 22 Sep 2000; ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English