title: Surface-assisted cis-trans isomerization of an alkene molecule on Cu(110).
abstract: From the interplay of STM imaging and DFT calculations we have investigated the isomerization of an alkene molecule on Cu(110) under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. We show that the on-surface cis-trans isomerization could efficiently occur well below room temperature, in which the copper surface is speculated to play a key role.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Ministry of Education), Tongji University, Caoan Road 4800, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China. xuwei@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Likun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhiwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Aiguo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Qinggang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013499:Surface Properties; D014618:Vacuum
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D003300:Copper