Manipulación y caracterización de la complejación xenón-metaloporfirina con un microscopio de túnel de exploración

Xiaohui Qiu1, Gueorgui V Nazin, Arthur Hotzel

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA.

Resumen

Los átomos de xenón forman complejos con las moléculas de etioporfirina I de cobre en una superficie de cobre. La microscopía de alta resolución reveló sitios de unión de xenón y una interacción de dipolo inducida por carga, complementando otros estudios.

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