TY  - JOUR
AU  - Willenbockel, Martin
AU  - Maurer, Reinhard J.
AU  - Bronner, Christopher
AU  - Schulze, Michael
AU  - Stadtmüller, Benjamin
AU  - Soubatch, Serguei
AU  - Tegeder, Petra
AU  - Reuter, Karsten
AU  - Tautz, Frank Stefan
TI  - Coverage-driven dissociation of azobenzene on Cu(111): a route towards defined surface functionalization
JO  - Chemical communications
VL  - 51
IS  - 83
SN  - 1364-548X
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Soc.
M1  - FZJ-2017-00726
SP  - 15324 - 15327
PY  - 2015
AB  - We investigate the surface-catalyzed dissociation of the archetypal molecular switch azobenzene on the Cu(111) surface. Based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, normal incidence X-ray standing waves and density functional theory calculations a detailed picture of the coverage-induced formation of phenyl nitrene from azobenzene is presented. Furthermore, a comparison to the azobenzene/Ag(111) interface provides insight into the driving force behind the dissociation on Cu(111). The quantitative decay of azobenzene paves the way for the creation of a defect free, covalently bonded monolayer. Our work suggests a route of surface functionalization via suitable azobenzene derivatives and the on surface synthesis concept, allowing for the creation of complex immobilized molecular systems.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000363167000025
DO  - DOI:10.1039/C5CC05003K
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/826503
ER  -