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Molecules under pressure

Individual molecules change their conformation on application of an anisotropic compressive stress from the tip of an atomic force microscope.

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Figure 1: Schematic of the effect of thermal energy and directional forces on the potential energy (Epot) diagram and transition rates.

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Seidel, C., Kühnemuth, R. Molecules under pressure. Nature Nanotech 9, 164–165 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.46

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