Volume 51, Issue 43 pp. 10898-10901
Communication

Activation Energy for the Self-Metalation Reaction of 2H-Tetraphenylporphyrin on Cu(111)

Stefanie Ditze

Stefanie Ditze

Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)

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Michael Stark

Michael Stark

Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)

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Martin Drost

Martin Drost

Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)

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Dr. Florian Buchner

Dr. Florian Buchner

Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)

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Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück

Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)

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Dr. Hubertus Marbach

Corresponding Author

Dr. Hubertus Marbach

Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)

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First published: 26 September 2012
Citations: 72

We thank the German Science Foundation (DFG) for financial support through SFB 583 and the Excellence Cluster “Engineering of Advanced Materials” granted to the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. We also thank Dr. Ole Lytken, Dr. Jie Xiao, Michael Röckert, and Dr. Wolfgang Hieringer for fruitful discussions and valuable input.

Graphical Abstract

By simply counting individual molecules in STM images after defined heating steps, the kinetic parameters and the activation energy of a complex surface reaction can be determined quantitatively. This procedure was demonstrated for the metalation of 2H-tetraphenylporphyrin (2HTPP) with substrate atoms on a Cu(111) surface.

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