title: Orbital-selective single molecule reactions on a metal surface studied using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy.
abstract: The injection of tunneling electrons from the scanning tunneling microscope tip into the molecule induces the single molecule reactions of acetonitrile adsorbed on Pt(111). The voltage dependence indicated that the resonant tunneling of electrons into the antibonding molecular orbitals gives rise to the desorption and the decomposition of acetonitrile.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan. skatano@riec.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katano
authors.forename: Yousoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trenary
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawai