Reversible work function changes induced by photoisomerization of asymmetric azobenzene dithiol self-assembled monolayers on gold

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Ah Qune, Lloyd F N ^a   Akiyama, H ^b   Nagahiro, T ^c   Tamada, K ^a,c,d   Wee, Andrew T S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MISSILE BASES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WORK FUNCTION;

DITHIOL; ELECTRON WITHDRAWING;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 51349156563     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2969468     Document Type: Article

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