Issue 30, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Polymorphism and isomerisation of an azobenzene derivative on gold†

Nadja Sändig,a   Gilberto Teobaldib  and  Francesco Zerbettoa  

a Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, V. F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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b Surface Science Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
E-mail: G.Teobaldi@liverpool.ac.uk
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Abstract

M-TBA (4-methoxy-3,30,5,50-tetra-tert-butylazobenzene) adsorbed on a gold (111) surface was found to form four different polymorphs, two of which isomerizable at −1.7 V, but with a low propensity for further isomerisation of nearby molecules (C. Dri, M. V. Peters, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht, L. Grill, Nat. Nanotechnol., 2008, 3, 649–653). Atomistic simulations investigate the origin of the effects.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12522B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Apr 2011
Accepted
16 Jun 2011
First published
29 Jun 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8662-8663

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N. Sändig, G. Teobaldi and F. Zerbetto, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8662 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12522B

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