Au nanoparticle scaffolds modulating intermolecular interactions among conjugated azobenzenes chemisorbed on curved surfaces: Tuning the kinetics of cis-trans isomerisation

Nanoscale, 2015, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR03688G, Communication

Corinna Raimondo, Bart Kenens, Federica Reinders, Marcel Mayor, Hiroshi Uji-i, P. Samori
[small pi]-[small pi] intermolecular interactions among adjacent conjugated azobenzene chemisorbed on (non-)flat Au surfaces can be tuned by varying the curvature of the Au nanoparticles. Here we show that such interactions rule...
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