Light-powered electrical switch based on cargo-lifting azobenzene monolayers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3407-3409

  Ferri, Violetta ^c   Elbing, Mark ^d   Pace, Giuseppina ^a   Dickey, Michael D ^e   Zharnikov, Michael ^f   Samor, Paolo ^a,g   Mayor, Marcel ^b,d   Rampi, Maria Anita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azo compounds; Isomerization; Molecular devices; Molecular electronics; Monolayers

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MERCURY (METAL); MISSILE BASES; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

AZO COMPOUNDS; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DEVICES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MONOLAYERS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 47749145773     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705339     Document Type: Article

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