Towards Unveiling the Exact Molecular Structure of Amorphous Red Phosphorus by Single‐Molecule Studies

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 1659 - 1663
• Main Authors: Zhang, Song, Qian, Hu‐jun, Liu, Zhonghua, Ju, Hongyu, Lu, Zhong‐yuan, Zhang, Haiming, Chi, Lifeng, Cui, Shuxun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 04.02.2019
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Atomic force microscopy; Elasticity; Liquid chromatography; Molecular structure; Molecular weight; Molecular weight distribution; Phosphorus; Polymers; Quantum mechanics; scanning probe microscopy; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Short term memory; single molecules; structure elucidation; scanning probe microscopy; polymers; single molecules; structure elucidation; phosphorus

Since the discovery of amorphous red phosphorus (a‐red P) in 1847, many possible structures have been proposed. However, the exact molecular structure has not yet been determined because of its amorphous nature. Herein several methods are used to investigate basic properties of a‐red P. Data from sc...