Dr. Juen-Kai Wang (Advanced Materials and Surface Science)
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Chih-Song Tsai, Juen-Kai Wang, Rex T. Skodje, and Jiing-Chyuan Lin
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 10788-10789 (2005)
The advent of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has permitted a detailed atomic view of organic molecules adsorbed on solid surfaces. In this work, we make use of the STM to provide an unprecedented direct single-molecule perspective on the cis-trans photoisomerization of stilbene molecules within ordered monolayers physisorbed on the Ag/Ge(111)-(√3×√3)R30° surface. The STM view of the molecular structure transformation upon irradiation provides direct evidence for the generally accepted one-bond-flip mechanism proposed for the photoisomerization process. We also find that the surface environment produces a profound effect on the reaction mechanism. The reaction is observed to proceed mainly through pairs of co-isomerizing molecules situated at domain boundaries. To explain these observations, we propose a mechanism whereby excitation migrates to the domain boundary and the reaction occurs through a biexciton reaction pathway.
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