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Reorganization takes energy

Nature Nanotechnology volume 13, pages 360–361 (2018)Cite this article

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Atomic force microscopy is used to measure reorganization energies upon charging individual molecules adsorbed on insulators.

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Fig. 1: An atomic force microscope is used to detect the energy dependence for a single electron to tunnel on or off a single molecule.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK

    Alexander L. Shluger

  2. Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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