Columbia Engineering Team Makes First Single-Molecule Measurement of Van Der Waals Interactions at Metal-Organic Interface (IMAGE)

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Columbia Engineering Team Makes First Single-Molecule Measurement of Van Der Waals Interactions at Metal-Organic Interface

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This is a model structure illustrating the bonding of bipyridine to the rough gold surface through direct nitrogen-gold chemical bonding and indirect van der Waals bonding.

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Columbia Engineering

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