title: A photoswitchable rotaxane operating in monolayers on solid support.
abstract: A novel photoswitchable rotaxane was synthesised and its switching behaviour in solution was analysed with NMR and UV-Vis. A monolayer of rotaxanes was deposited on glass surfaces and the on-surface photoswitching was investigated. Angle-resolved NEXAFS spectra revealed a preferential orientation that reversibly changes upon switching.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany. c.schalley@fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Felix B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6894-9085
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.affiliation: Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany. c.schalley@fu-berlin.de and BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203 Berlin, Germany. wolfgang.unger@bam.de.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.affiliation: BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203 Berlin, Germany. wolfgang.unger@bam.de.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lippitz
authors.affiliation: BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203 Berlin, Germany. wolfgang.unger@bam.de.
authors.forename: Wolfgang E S
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.affiliation: Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany. c.schalley@fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Christoph A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Schalley