Adsorption and electronic excitation of biphenyl on Si(100): A theoretical STM analysis

M.D. acknowledges support from the CEA program “Chimtronique” and from the UPV/EHU for his stay in San Sebastian. Computer time was provided by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. A.R. was supported by the European Community Network of Excellence Nanoquanta Grant No. NMP4-CT-2004-500198 and the SANES project Grant No. NMP4-CT-2006-017310 .

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