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Nowakowska, Sylwia
[1]
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Waeckerlin, Aneliia
[1]
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Kawai, Shigeki
[1, 2]
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Ivas, Toni
[1]
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Nowakowski, Jan
[3]
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Fatayer, Shadi
[1, 4]
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Waeckerlin, Christian
[3]
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Nijs, Thomas
[1]
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Meyer, Ernst
[1]
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Bjork, Jonas
[5]
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Stohr, Meike
[6]
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Gade, Lutz H.
[7]
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Jung, Thomas A.
[3]
Total Authors: 13
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Basel, Dept Phys, CH-4056 Basel - Switzerland
[2] Japan Sci & Technol Agcy JST, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320012 - Japan
[3] Paul Scherrer Inst, Lab Micro & Nanotechnol, CH-5232 Villigen - Switzerland
[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Fis Gleb Wataghin, Dept Fis Aplicada, BR-13083859 Campinas - Brazil
[5] Linkoping Univ, Dept Phys Chem & Biol, IFM, S-58183 Linkoping - Sweden
[6] Univ Groningen, Zernike Inst Adv Mat, NL-9747 AG Groningen - Netherlands
[7] Heidelberg Univ, Inst Anorgan Chem, D-69120 Heidelberg - Germany
Total Affiliations: 7
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS; v. 6, JAN 2015. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 19 |
| Abstract | |
Condensation processes are of key importance in nature and play a fundamental role in chemistry and physics. Owing to size effects at the nanoscale, it is conceptually desired to experimentally probe the dependence of condensate structure on the number of constituents one by one. Here we present an approach to study a condensation process atom-by-atom with the scanning tunnelling microscope, which provides a direct real-space access with atomic precision to the aggregates formed in atomically defined `quantum boxes'. Our analysis reveals the subtle interplay of competing directional and nondirectional interactions in the emergence of structure and provides unprecedented input for the structural comparison with quantum mechanical models. This approach focuses on-but is not limited to-the model case of xenon condensation and goes significantly beyond the well-established statistical size analysis of clusters in atomic or molecular beams by mass spectrometry. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/04855-0 - Study of self-assembly of terpyridyl molecules on metallic surfaces |
| Grantee: | Shadi Passam Fatayer |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree |