title: Mechanism of a molecular photo-switch adsorbed on Si(100).
abstract: We present a very compact molecular photoswitch on the technologically important Si(100) surface. Its adsorption configuration is determined by a combined scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) study. The mechanisms of the isomerization reactions are discussed in view of DFT calculations and proven by in situ light irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland. maciej.bazarnik@put.poznan.pl.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bazarnik
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jurczyszyn
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Czajka
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morgenstern