title: Tuning surface wettability through photocontrolled reversible molecular shuttle.
abstract: A photocontrolled molecular shuttle SAM based on an alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD)/azobenzene inclusion complex on rough gold surfaces is fabricated, which can reversibly switch the surface wettability by transferring external energy (light) to molecular mechanical motion.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China.
authors.forename: Pengbo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Yugui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yapei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang