Molecular arrangement in self-assembled azobenzene-containing thiol monolayers at the individual domain level studied through polarized near-field raman spectroscopy

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1245-1258

  Chaigneau, Marc ^a   Picardi, Gennaro ^a,b   Ossikovski, Razvigor ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Polarization; Raman spectroscopy; TERS

Indexed keywords

6 [4 (PHENYLAZO)PHENOXY]HEXANE 1 THIOL; AZOBENZENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AZO COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIP ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AZO COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952256341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12021245     Document Type: Article

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