Quantification of finite-temperature effects on adsorption geometries of π-conjugated molecules: Azobenzene/Ag(111)
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G. Mercurio,1,2,* R. J. Maurer,3 W. Liu,4 S. Hagen,5 F. Leyssner,5 P. Tegeder,5,6 J. Meyer,3 A. Tkatchenko,4 S. Soubatch,1,2 K. Reuter,3 and F. S. Tautz1,2 1Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany 2Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA), Fundamentals of Future Information Technology, 52425 Jülich, Germany 3Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching, Germany 4Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany 5Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany 6Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (Received 7 March 2013; published 12 July 2013)
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