Switching single azopyridine supramolecules in ordered arrays on Au(111).
4,4-Azopyridine trimers and 4-phenylazopyridine dimers have been reversibly switched in ordered arrays on Au(111). During the switching process, single weak C-H...N hydrogen bonds are broken and reformed.
Wang
Yongfeng
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Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, D-24098 Kiel, Germany. yfwang@physik.uni-kiel.de
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Xin
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Schull
Guillaume
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Berndt
Richard
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Tang
Hao
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Bornholdt
Claudia
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Koehler
Felix
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Herges
Rainer
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