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    Strain-induced skeletal rearrangement of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on a copper surface

    Controlling the structural deformation of organic molecules can drive unique reactions that cannot be induced only by thermal, optical or electrochemical procedures. However, in conventional organic synthesis,...

    Akitoshi Shiotari, Takahiro Nakae, Kota Iwata, Shigeki Mori in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Chemical structure imaging of a single molecule by atomic force microscopy at room temperature

    Atomic force microscopy is capable of resolving the chemical structure of a single molecule on a surface. In previous research, such high resolution has only been obtained at low temperatures. Here we demonstr...

    Kota Iwata, Shiro Yamazaki, **o Mutombo, Prokop Hapala in Nature Communications (2015)