title: Structural transition of molecular assembly under photo-irradiation: an STM study.
abstract: Surface photochemistry processes have attracted increasing interest from both fundamental and application viewpoints. The development of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) provides us a great opportunity to investigate photo-induced structural transition on surface with a high spatial resolution in real space. The detailed structural information of the organization of photoresponsive molecules in the adlayer is resolved and their structural transition during the photochemical processes is observed. The photo-induced structural and property transitions inspire new application potential of photoresponsive molecules in the field of molecular devices, supramolecular assembly and advanced materials.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100080.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D012160:Retina / Q000378:metabolism; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012243:Rhodopsin