title: Phototriggered formation and disappearance of surface-confined self-assembly composed of photochromic 2-thienyl-type diarylethene: a cooperative model at the liquid/solid interface.
abstract: A photoresponsive self-assembly on a 2-D surface was investigated by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). The open-ring isomer of a diarylethene derivative showed an abrupt ordering formation at a critical concentration, which was successfully reproduced by a cooperative model based on Langmuir-type adsorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan. kmatsuda@sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuda