Single-molecule chemical reactions tracked at the atomic-bond level

Jiong Lu; Kian Ping Loh

doi:10.1002/anie.201305041

Single-molecule chemical reactions tracked at the atomic-bond level

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Dec 16;52(51):13521-3. doi: 10.1002/anie.201305041. Epub 2013 Oct 23.

Authors

Jiong Lu¹, Kian Ping Loh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543 (Singapore).

PMID: 24155108
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305041

Abstract

On the right track: Recent advances in noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) have enabled the bond-resolved imaging of reaction pathways. In particular, unprecedented insights into complex enediyne cyclization cascades on silver surfaces were gained by single-molecule imaging.

Keywords: atomic force microscopy; molecular imaging; reaction mechanisms; scanning tunneling microscopy; surface chemistry.