A photoswitchable rotaxane operating in monolayers on solid support.

Felix Benjamin SchwarzThomas HeinrichAndreas LippitzWolfgang E S UngerChristoph A Schalley

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)

A novel photoswitchable rotaxane was synthesised and its switching behaviour in solution was analysed with NMR and UV-Vis. A monolayer of rotaxanes was deposited on glass surfaces and the on-surface photoswitching was investigated. Angle-resolved NEXAFS spectra revealed a preferential orientation that reversibly changes upon switching.

Keyphrases

high resolution
solid state
magnetic resonance
single cell
biofilm formation
atomic force microscopy
escherichia coli
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aqueous solution