Broken Symmetry of an Adsorbed Molecular Switch Determined by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy†
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Dr. Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Current address: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016 (India)
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Tugba Davran-Candan
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorJulia Bahrenburg
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorReinhard J. Maurer
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Friedrich Temps
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Karsten Reuter
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Richard Berndt
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dr. Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Current address: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016 (India)
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Tugba Davran-Candan
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorJulia Bahrenburg
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorReinhard J. Maurer
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Friedrich Temps
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Karsten Reuter
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Richard Berndt
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorFunding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the SFB 677 is acknowledged.
Graphical Abstract
An asymmetric turn: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy has been used to analyze the structure of tris[4-(phenylazo)phenyl)]amine on a Au(111) surface. A degenerate marker state serves as a sensitive probe for the structure of the adsorbed molecules.
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