Light-Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo-Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers
We have liftoff! Tightly packed self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) of ultrarigid conjugated azobenzenes incorporated into a Hg‐based junction undergo reversible photoisomerization (see picture). The current–voltage curves indicate that the junction operates as a current photoswitch as result of the fo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2008-04, Vol.47 (18), p.3407-3409 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We have liftoff! Tightly packed self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) of ultrarigid conjugated azobenzenes incorporated into a Hg‐based junction undergo reversible photoisomerization (see picture). The current–voltage curves indicate that the junction operates as a current photoswitch as result of the forces expressed by the SAMs, which act as a light‐powered cargo lifter. |
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ISSN: | 1433-7851 1521-3773 |
DOI: | 10.1002/anie.200705339 |