title: Photon-driven nanomechanical cyclic motion.
abstract: Microcantilevers modified by a monolayer of azobenzene molecules bend up and down periodically, switched by a 365 nm UV light, as a result of the conversion of the two configurations of azobenzene molecules in the monolayer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA. hji@chem.latech.edu
authors.forename: Hai-Feng
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xiaohe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Vemana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Purushotham
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thundat
authors.forename: Gilbert M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Brown