Kinetic analysis of the photochemically and thermally induced isomerization of an azobenzene derivative on Au(111) probed by two-photon photoemission

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Hagen, Sebastian ^a   Kate, Peter ^a   Peters, Maike V ^b   Hecht, Stefan ^b   Wolf, Martin ^a   Tegeder, Petra ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOEMISSION; PHOTONS;

AU (1 1 1); CROSS SECTIONING; PHOTO-INDUCED;

ISOMERS;

EID: 51649094772     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-008-4831-5     Document Type: Article

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