Properties of single organic molecules on crystal surfaces

This book focuses on the fascinating properties of the single molecules, and the difference between single molecules and ensembles of molecules is emphasized. As the first book intended for graduate courses in the field, after each chapter, students should be able to answer the question:?What physical or chemical properties do you learn from a single molecule in this particular context?? Contributed by experts across the disciplines, the book provides useful reference material for specialized practitioners in surface science, nanoscience and nanoelectronics.

Basic properties of metal surfaces / A.L. Vázquez de Parga and R. Miranda -- Basic properties of silicon surfaces / M.J. Butcher and M.Y. Simmons -- Scanning tunneling microscopy and scanning force microscopy / S. Hernrhbacher and F. Giessibl -- Optical detection of single molecules at interfaces / B. Hecht -- Ab Initio modeling of molecular electronics / D. Roubtsov, N. Serqueev and H. Guo -- Perturbation methods in scanning tunneling microscopy / W.A. Hofer -- Properties of single molecules: manipulation, dissociation and synthesis with the scanning tunneling microscope / K.-F. Braun and S.-W. Hia -- Single-molecule vibrational spectroscopy and chemistry / J.I. Pascual and N. Lorente -- Superlattices of atoms, molecules and islands / H. Brune -- Mobility of complex organic species at metal surfaces / J.V. Barth -- Molecular monolayers on silicon surfaces / G.P. Lopinski and D.D.M. Wayner -- Functionalization of semiconductor surfaces by organic layers: Concerted cycloaddition versus stepwise free-radical reaction mechanisms / A. Bilić, J.R. Reimers and N.S. Hush -- Molecular electronics / R. Stadler -- Exploring the catalytic activity of a noble metal: the Ag catalyzed ethylene …