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Published on: May 29, 2018
Mechanism of a molecular photo-switch adsorbed on Si(100)
Maciej Bazarnik1, Leszek Jurczyszyn, Ryszard Czajka
1Institute of Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland. maciej.bazarnik@put.poznan.pl.
Abstract:
We present a very compact molecular photoswitch on the technologically important Si(100) surface. Its adsorption configuration is determined by a combined scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) study. The mechanisms of the isomerization reactions are discussed in view of DFT calculations and proven by in situ light irradiation.
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