Switching single azopyridine supramolecules in ordered arrays on Au(111)

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Feb 3;132(4):1196-7. doi: 10.1021/ja9080277.

Abstract

4,4-Azopyridine trimers and 4-phenylazopyridine dimers have been reversibly switched in ordered arrays on Au(111). During the switching process, single weak C-H...N hydrogen bonds are broken and reformed.