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Photochemical Reactions in Self‐Assembled Organic Monolayers Characterized by using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Author(s) -
Guo Chao,
Li Min,
Kang ShiZhao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201501018
Subject(s) - azobenzene , scanning tunneling microscope , highly oriented pyrolytic graphite , monolayer , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , self assembly , photochemistry , scanning probe microscopy , isomerization , self assembled monolayer , polymerization , microscopy , chemistry , molecule , polymer , organic chemistry , catalysis , optics , physics
Research on the supramolecular self‐assembly behavior at interfaces is of great importance to improving the performance of nanodevices that are based on optical functional materials. In this Minireview, several photoinduced isomerization and polymerization reactions in self‐assembled organic monolayers on surfaces are discussed. Typical organic molecules contain azobenzene, alkynyl, or olefins groups. The feature surface base is a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface or a gold surface. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is used as a strong tool to characterize new species’ structures before and after illumination.