ArticleACS nano2025
Bond Dissociation Dynamics of Single Molecules on a Metal Surface.
Article in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Deep learning drives autonomous molecular reactions with single-bond selectivity in tetra-brominated porphyrins on Au(111).Nature communications · 2026Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The breaking of an interatomic bond is at the heart of chemistry yet remains a challenge to be investigated. Molecules on metal surfaces exhibit defined positions and orientations and can be characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy that moreover is able to trigger bond breaking. Until now, the bond dissociation dynamics has been studied in small molecules but not in large ones with various degrees of freedom. Here, we dissociate bromine atoms from single dibromo-terfluorene molecules on Ag(111), identifying not only the displacement but also the rotation of each fragment. It turns out that the molecular excitation that causes dissociation is not locally confined. Instead, it can propagate through the molecule, and the dynamics of the resulting fragments is uncorrelated. The fragment binds to the nearest silver atom after dissociation and dissipates its energy in rotational motion. Our findings could be useful for the precise engineering of chemical reactions with prearranged precursor molecules.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.