title: Laterally Mounted Azobenzenes on Platforms.
abstract: Triazatriangulenium ions have previously been used as platforms to prepare self-assembled monolayers of functional molecules such as azobenzenes with vertical orientation and that are free-standing on gold surfaces. We have now prepared azobenzenes that are spanned between two posts which are attached on two platforms. Absorbed on a gold surface, the azobenzene should be laterally oriented at a distance of more than 4 Å above and thus electronically decoupled from the surface, and the system should perform a muscle-type movement upon isomerization.
authors.affiliation: Otto Diels-Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Kiel , Otto-Hahn-Platz 4, Kiel D-24119, Germany.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hammerich
authors.affiliation: Otto Diels-Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Kiel , Otto-Hahn-Platz 4, Kiel D-24119, Germany.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herges