Synthesis and Surface‐Spectroscopic Characterization of Photoisomerizable glyco‐SAMs on Au(111) |
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| Authors: | Dr Vijayanand Chandrasekaran Hanne Jacob Finn Petersen Dr Ketheeswari Kathirvel Prof?Dr Felix Tuczek Prof?Dr Thisbe K Lindhorst |
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| Institution: | 1. Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry, Christiana Albertina University of Kiel, Otto‐Hahn‐Platz 3/4, 24118 Kiel (Germany), Fax: (+49) 431‐8807410;2. Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Christiana Albertina University of Kiel, Max‐Eyth‐Strasse 2, 24118 Kiel (Germany), Fax: (+49) 431‐8801520 |
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| Abstract: | Photoisomerizable glyco‐SAMs (self‐assembled monolayers), utilizing synthetic azobenzene glycoside derivatives were fabricated. The ultimate goal of this project is to assay the influence of the 3D arrangement of sugar ligands on cell adhesion, and eventually make cell adhesion photoswitchable. However, it is a prerequisite for any biological study on the spatial conditions of carbohydrate recognition, that photoisomerization of the surface molecules can be verified. Here, we employed IRRAS and XPS to spectroscopically characterize glyco‐SAMs. In particular and unprecedented to date, we prove reversible E→Z→E isomerization of azobenzene glycoside‐terminated SAMs. |
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| Keywords: | azobenzene glycosides photoswitching self‐assembly IR spectroscopy |
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