Direct monitoring of opto-mechanical switching of self-assembled monolayer films containing the azobenzene group

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 834-844

  Tirosh, Einat ^a   Benassi, Enrico ^b   Pipolo, Silvio ^b,c   Mayor, Marcel ^d,e   Valásek, Michal ^d   Frydman, Veronica ^a   Corni, Stefano ^b   Cohen, Sidney R ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFM; Azobenzene; Elastic modulus; Molecular dynamics; Nanomechanics; Photoswitch; Quantum mechanics computation; Self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

AFM; AU ISLANDS; AZO GROUP; AZOBENZENE GROUP; CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION; DIAZENES; DIRECT MONITORING; HIGHER HARMONICS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MOLECULAR BONDS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; OPTOMECHANICAL; PHOTOSWITCH; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS COMPUTATION; REAL-TIME EXTRACTION; SELF ASSEMBLED FILMS; SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER FILMS; TOPOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AZOBENZENE; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NANOMECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

GOLD;

EID: 84855535294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21904286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.2.93     Document Type: Article

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