Surface point defects on bulk oxides: atomically-resolved scanning probe microscopy

M Setvín, M Wagner, M Schmid, GS Parkinson… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal oxides are abundant in nature and they are some of the most versatile materials for
applications ranging from catalysis to novel electronics. The physical and chemical …

High resolution SPM imaging of organic molecules with functionalized tips

P Jelinek - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - beta.iopscience.iop.org
One of the most remarkable and exciting achievements in the field of scanning probe
microscopy (SPM) in the last years is the unprecedented sub-molecular resolution of both …

Strain-induced skeletal rearrangement of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on a copper surface

A Shiotari, T Nakae, K Iwata, S Mori, T Okujima… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Controlling the structural deformation of organic molecules can drive unique reactions that
cannot be induced only by thermal, optical or electrochemical procedures. However, in …

Energy ordering of molecular orbitals

P Puschnig, AD Boese, M Willenbockel… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Orbitals are invaluable in providing a model of bonding in molecules or between molecules
and surfaces. Most present-day methods in computational chemistry begin by calculating the …

“On water” ultrasound-assisted one pot efficient synthesis of functionalized 2-oxo-benzo [1, 4] oxazines: First application to the synthesis of anticancer indole alkaloid …

PK Jaiswal, V Sharma, J Prikhodko, IV Mashevskaya… - Tetrahedron …, 2017 - Elsevier
For the first time, an efficient, simple, synthetic green protocol for the one-pot synthesis of
functionalized 2-oxo-benzo [1, 4] oxazines 24–29 in water under ultrasound irradiation is …

Dense monolayer films of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons on metallic substrates enabled by direct contact transfer of molecular precursors

JD Teeter, PS Costa, P Zahl, TH Vo, M Shekhirev, W Xu… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomically precise graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) of two types, chevron GNRs and N= 7
straight armchair GNRs (7-AGNRs), have been synthesized through a direct contact transfer …

Development of ultrasound bioprobe for biological imaging

GS Shekhawat, SM Dudek, VP Dravid - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
We report the development of an ultrasound bioprobe for in vitro molecular imaging. In this
method, the phase of the scattered ultrasound wave is mapped to provide in vitro and …

Can orbitals really be observed in scanning tunneling microscopy experiments?

BQ Pham, MS Gordon - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017 - ACS Publications
A fundamental concept in quantum mechanics is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. 1 For
the purpose of this note, the main point is that a wave function, any wave function, cannot be …

Microwave-assisted One-pot Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized 2-Oxo-2-phenylethylidenes-linked 2-Oxobenzo [1, 4] oxazines and 2-Oxoquino [1, 4] oxalines …

V Sharma, PK Jaiswal, DK Yadav… - Acta Chimica …, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
A microwave-assisted, environmentally benign green protocol for the synthesis of
functionalized (Z)-3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethylidene)-3, 4-dihydro-2H-benzo [b][1, 4] oxazin-2 …

Chemical bond imaging using higher eigenmodes of tuning fork sensors in atomic force microscopy

D Ebeling, Q Zhong, S Ahles, L Chi, HA Wegner… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate the ability of resolving the chemical structure of single organic molecules
using non-contact atomic force microscopy with higher normal eigenmodes of quartz tuning …