Photochemical Reactions in Self‐Assembled Organic Monolayers Characterized by using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
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| Authors: | Chao Guo AssocProf Min Li Prof ShiZhao Kang |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China;2. CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | Research on the supramolecular self‐assembly behavior at interfaces is of great importance to improving the performance of nanodevices that are based on optical functional materials. In this Minireview, several photoinduced isomerization and polymerization reactions in self‐assembled organic monolayers on surfaces are discussed. Typical organic molecules contain azobenzene, alkynyl, or olefins groups. The feature surface base is a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface or a gold surface. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is used as a strong tool to characterize new species’ structures before and after illumination. |
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| Keywords: | azobenzene illumination photoisomerization photopolymerization scanning tunneling microscopy |
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