The goal of this work is to optimize the efficiency of photoinduced molecular switching processes on surfaces via controlled variations of the adsorption and electronic properties of the switch. We investigated the influence of external stimuli, i.e. photons and thermal activation, on surface bound molecular switches undergoing trans/cis-isomerizations and ring-opening /closing-reactions, respectively. High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) and sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy have been used as the main tools to investigate the adsorption behavior and the molecular switching properties. Two basic concepts of coupling the molecular switch to the surface have been studied: (i) physisorbed or weakly chemisorbed s...
Azobenzol lässt sich durch optische Anregung reversibel aus der trans- in seine cis-Konformation übe...
Azobenzene is a prototypical molecular switch that can be reversibly photoisomerized between the nea...
In molecular nanotechnology, a single molecule is envisioned to act as the basic building block of e...
In this thesis, vibrational and electronic high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS...
This work investigates the isomerization behavior of photochromic molecules upon adsorp- tion onto a...
The functionalization of surfaces by self-assembled monolayers is of great interest for the bottom-...
In order to introduce a band gap into graphene structures, charge carriers can be laterally confined...
In this work the photoisomerization of the azobenzene-alkanethiol Az11 in self-assembled monolayers ...
We present a successful attempt of decoupling a dye molecule from a metallic surface via physisorpti...
This work investigates the isomerization behavior of photochromic molecules upon adsorption onto a n...
Using light to control the switching of functional properties of surface-bound species is an attract...
The scientific vision of nanotechnology is the atomically precise fabrication and manipulation of me...
Molecular switches represent a fascinating class of functional molecules, whose properties can be re...
This work investigates the isomerization behavior of photochromic molecules upon adsorption onto a n...
In molecular nanotechnology, a single molecule is envisioned to act as the basic building block of e...
Azobenzol lässt sich durch optische Anregung reversibel aus der trans- in seine cis-Konformation übe...
Azobenzene is a prototypical molecular switch that can be reversibly photoisomerized between the nea...
In molecular nanotechnology, a single molecule is envisioned to act as the basic building block of e...
In this thesis, vibrational and electronic high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS...
This work investigates the isomerization behavior of photochromic molecules upon adsorp- tion onto a...
The functionalization of surfaces by self-assembled monolayers is of great interest for the bottom-...
In order to introduce a band gap into graphene structures, charge carriers can be laterally confined...
In this work the photoisomerization of the azobenzene-alkanethiol Az11 in self-assembled monolayers ...
We present a successful attempt of decoupling a dye molecule from a metallic surface via physisorpti...
This work investigates the isomerization behavior of photochromic molecules upon adsorption onto a n...
Using light to control the switching of functional properties of surface-bound species is an attract...
The scientific vision of nanotechnology is the atomically precise fabrication and manipulation of me...
Molecular switches represent a fascinating class of functional molecules, whose properties can be re...
This work investigates the isomerization behavior of photochromic molecules upon adsorption onto a n...
In molecular nanotechnology, a single molecule is envisioned to act as the basic building block of e...
Azobenzol lässt sich durch optische Anregung reversibel aus der trans- in seine cis-Konformation übe...
Azobenzene is a prototypical molecular switch that can be reversibly photoisomerized between the nea...
In molecular nanotechnology, a single molecule is envisioned to act as the basic building block of e...