Optically induced switching of azobenzene containing self assembling monolayers investigated by Kelvin probe and scanning force microscopy

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 355, Issue , 2001, Pages 401-411

  Stiller, B ^a   Karageorgiev, P ^b   Jüngling, Th ^a   Prescher, D ^a   Zetzsche, Th ^a   Dietel, R ^b   Knochenhauer, G ^a   Brehmer, L ^b  

^a Institute of Thin Film Technology and Microsensorics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Azobenzene; Isomerization; Kelvin technique; SAM; Surface potential

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOMERIZATION; MIXTURES; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); VOLUME FRACTION;

AZOBENZENE; DODECANE THIOL MATRIX; FREE VOLUME; KEVIN PROBE METHOD; OPTICALLY INDUCED SWITCHING; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLING MONOLAYERS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035005328     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108023673     Document Type: Article

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