Electroisomerization blinking of an azobenzene derivative molecule

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Autores principales: Godey, Sylvie, Therssen, Hugo, Guérin, David, Melin, Thierry, Lenfant, Stéphane
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Publicado: 2025
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author Godey, Sylvie
Therssen, Hugo
Guérin, David
Melin, Thierry
Lenfant, Stéphane
author_facet Godey, Sylvie
Therssen, Hugo
Guérin, David
Melin, Thierry
Lenfant, Stéphane
contents We report here the reversibility and bistability of the switching behavior in an azobenzene derivative induced by the bias applied by a Scanning-Tunneling Microscopy (STM) tip, at low temperature and in ultra-high vacuum environment. This cis-to-trans and trans-to-cis switching were observed during STM imaging in either polarity at +2V or -2V, on a sub-second time scale. This results in a blinking effect visible on STM images, corresponding to the reversible switching of the azobenzene molecule under the applied STM bias through an electric field induced process.
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spellingShingle Electroisomerization blinking of an azobenzene derivative molecule
Godey, Sylvie
Therssen, Hugo
Guérin, David
Melin, Thierry
Lenfant, Stéphane
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We report here the reversibility and bistability of the switching behavior in an azobenzene derivative induced by the bias applied by a Scanning-Tunneling Microscopy (STM) tip, at low temperature and in ultra-high vacuum environment. This cis-to-trans and trans-to-cis switching were observed during STM imaging in either polarity at +2V or -2V, on a sub-second time scale. This results in a blinking effect visible on STM images, corresponding to the reversible switching of the azobenzene molecule under the applied STM bias through an electric field induced process.
title Electroisomerization blinking of an azobenzene derivative molecule
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03822