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An anchoring strategy for photoswitchable biosensor technology: azobenzene-modified SAMs on Si(111)

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A mild and efficient procedure has been developed to obtain covalently attached self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Si(111) with photochromic azobenzene head-groups. Starting from neat or diluted carboxylic acid functionalized monolayers on-chip coupling reactions were applied to attach hydroxyl-functionalized azobenzene units to the SAMs by ester bond formation. The modified surfaces were characterized by high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and contact angle measurements. Reversible cis ↔ trans isomerizations of photoswitchable SAMs were monitored by wettability measurements.

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  1. Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    P. Dietrich, F. Michalik, B. Priewisch & K. Rück-Braun

  2. Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., Max-Born-Strasse 2 A, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    R. Schmidt, C. Gahl, M. Breusing, T. Elsässer & M. Weinelt

  3. Department of Chemistry, Newark College, Rutgers University, 73 Warren St., Newark, NJ, 07102-1811, USA

    G. Mao & R. Mendelsohn

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, WA, 98195-1700, USA

    M. B. Raschke

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Dedicated with respect and compliments to Professor Helmut Schwarz on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

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Dietrich, P., Michalik, F., Schmidt, R. et al. An anchoring strategy for photoswitchable biosensor technology: azobenzene-modified SAMs on Si(111). Appl. Phys. A 93, 285–292 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-4828-0

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