Quenching of the Photoisomerization of Azobenzene Self-Assembled Monolayers by the Metal Substrate

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 25906-25917

  Benassi, Enrico ^a,b   Corni, Stefano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; ENERGY TRANSFER; METALS; MONOLAYERS; PLATINUM; QUENCHING;

AZO-DERIVATIVES; AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES; METAL SUBSTRATE; METAL SURFACES; NONLOCAL; NONLOCALITIES; QUENCHING RATE; TRANSFER PHENOMENON;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84925249079     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508246p     Document Type: Article

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