Characterization by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy of the open and closed forms of a dithienylethene switch in thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 16533-16537

  Mendoza, Sandra M ^a   Lubomska, Monika ^a   Walko, Martin ^b,c   Feringa, Ben L ^b   Rudolf, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SWITCHES;

DITHIENYLETHENES; X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 36348936030     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0751662     Document Type: Article

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