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Reorganization takes energy

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Atomic force microscopy is used to measure reorganization energies upon charging individual molecules adsorbed on insulators.

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Fig. 1: An atomic force microscope is used to detect the energy dependence for a single electron to tunnel on or off a single molecule.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK

    Alexander L. Shluger

  2. Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Peter Grutter

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Shluger, A.L., Grutter, P. Reorganization takes energy. Nature Nanotech 13, 360–361 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0094-2

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