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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 133, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3460647
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 658]
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High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy has been employed to analyze the adsorption geometry and the photoisomerization ability of the molecular switch carboxy-benzylideneaniline (CBA) adsorbed on Au(111). CBA on Au(111) adopts a planar (trans) configuration in the first monolayer (ML) as well as for higher coverages (up to 6 ML), in contrast to the strongly nonplanar geometry of the molecule in solution. Illumination with UV light of CBA in direct contact with the Au(111), surface (<= 1 ML) caused no changes in the vibrational structure, whereas at higher coverages (>1 ML) pronounced modifications of vibrational features were observed, which we assign to a trans -> cis isomerization. Thermal activation induced the back reaction to trans-CBA. We propose that the photoisomerization is driven by a direct (intramolecular) electronic excitation of the adsorbed CBA molecules in the second ML (and above) analogous to CBA in the liquid phase. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3460647]
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