Issue 43, 2008
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Structural transition of molecular assembly under photo-irradiation: an STM study

Dong Wang,†a   Qing Chen‡a  and  Li-Jun Wan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing
E-mail: wanlijun@iccas.ac.cn

Abstract

Surface photochemistry processes have attracted increasing interest from both fundamental and application viewpoints. The development of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) provides us a great opportunity to investigate photo-induced structural transition on surface with a high spatial resolution in real space. The detailed structural information of the organization of photoresponsive molecules in the adlayer is resolved and their structural transition during the photochemical processes is observed. The photo-induced structural and property transitions inspire new application potential of photoresponsive molecules in the field of molecular devices, supramolecular assembly and advanced materials.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B810304F
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
17 Jun 2008
Accepted
21 Aug 2008
First published
30 Sep 2008

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008,10, 6467-6478

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Structural transition of molecular assembly under photo-irradiation: an STM study

D. Wang, Q. Chen and L. Wan, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 6467 DOI: 10.1039/B810304F

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