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Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions

Overview of attention for article published in Science, May 2013
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Title
Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions
Published in
Science, May 2013
DOI 10.1126/science.1238187
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Authors

Dimas G. de Oteyza, Patrick Gorman, Yen-Chia Chen, Sebastian Wickenburg, Alexander Riss, Duncan J. Mowbray, Grisha Etkin, Zahra Pedramrazi, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Angel Rubio, Michael F. Crommie, Felix R. Fischer

Abstract

Observing the intricate chemical transformation of an individual molecule as it undergoes a complex reaction is a long-standing challenge in molecular imaging. Advances in scanning probe microscopy now provide the tools to visualize not only the frontier orbitals of chemical reaction partners and products, but their internal covalent bond configurations as well. We used noncontact atomic force microscopy to investigate reaction-induced changes in the detailed internal bond structure of individual oligo-(phenylene-1,2-ethynylenes) on a (100) oriented silver surface as they underwent a series of cyclization processes. Our images reveal the complex surface reaction mechanisms underlying thermally induced cyclization cascades of enediynes. Calculations using ab initio density functional theory provide additional support for the proposed reaction pathways.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 13 2%
United States 13 2%
United Kingdom 8 1%
Japan 6 <1%
Spain 5 <1%
Netherlands 4 <1%
Switzerland 4 <1%
China 3 <1%
Belgium 3 <1%
Other 14 2%
Unknown 642 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 237 33%
Researcher 143 20%
Student > Master 68 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 44 6%
Student > Bachelor 43 6%
Other 117 16%
Unknown 63 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 226 32%
Physics and Astronomy 166 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 81 11%
Materials Science 62 9%
Engineering 35 5%
Other 57 8%
Unknown 88 12%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 742. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2023.
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#27,342
of 25,768,270 outputs
Outputs from Science
#1,218
of 83,320 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#104
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Outputs of similar age from Science
#4
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