Noncovalent Functionalization of Graphene with Spiropyran Molecular Switches via a Specially Designed Perylenediimide Adsorption Anchor

Authors :: Chang Peng
Jingwen He
Ding Hu
Lin Bao
Weijian Xu
Yefei Li
Encai Ou
Chen Shu
Yawei Song
Tao Gao
Hua Peng
Source :: Chemistry Letters. 43:868-870
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: The Chemical Society of Japan, 2014.
Abstract: A spiropyran derivative, which is a well-known photochromic molecule, is attached noncovalently to graphene via a specially designed perylenediimide adsorption anchor group. To explore the feasibil...

Subjects :: Molecular switch
Spiropyran
Graphene
Nanotechnology
General Chemistry
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
Photochromism
Adsorption
chemistry
law
Molecule
Surface modification
Derivative (chemistry)

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