Identification of the Conformation of Individual Molecules by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
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In the gas phase the carboxyl group of an n-carboxylic acid molecule may adopt a number of different conformations. Upon adsorption on a solid surface, however, the carboxyl group usually assumes one of two possible configurations. Atomically resolved STM images show that the conformations of the carboxyl groups in 12-bromododecanoic acid and 2-bromohexadecanoic acid molecules differ when adsorbed at the liquid (phenyloctane)-solid (graphite) interface.
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