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Chemical Communications

Light-driven molecular switches in azobenzene self-assembled monolayers: effect of molecular structure on reversible photoisomerization and stable cis state†

Mina Han,*a   Daisuke Ishikawa,a   Takumu Honda,a   Eisuke Itob  and  Masahiko Hara*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Electronic Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
E-mail: mrhan@echem.titech.ac.jp, masahara@echem.titech.ac.jp
Fax: 81-45-924-5447
Tel: 81-45-924-5447

b Flucto-Order Functions Research Team, RIKEN-HYU Collaboration Research Center, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Abstract

Both the reversible trans ↔ cis photoisomerization and slow thermal back cis-to-trans isomerization of azobenzene-functionalized self-assembled monolayers on gold surfaces have been achieved by rationally designed single-component azobenzene thiol.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B921801G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Oct 2009
Accepted
16 Mar 2010
First published
08 Apr 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 3598-3600

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Light-driven molecular switches in azobenzene self-assembled monolayers: effect of molecular structure on reversible photoisomerization and stable cis state

M. Han, D. Ishikawa, T. Honda, E. Ito and M. Hara, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 3598 DOI: 10.1039/B921801G

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