@article{WirthHatterDrostetal.2015,
  author    = {Wirth, Jonas and Hatter, Nino and Drost, Robert and Umbach, Tobias R. and Barja, Sara and Zastrow, Matthias and R{\"u}ck-Braun, Karola and Pascual, Jose Ignacio and Saalfrank, Peter and Franke, Katharina J.},
  title     = {Diarylethene Molecules on a Ag(111) Surface: Stability and Electron-Induced Switching},
  series = {The journal of physical chemistry : C, Nanomaterials and interfaces},
  volume    = {119},
  journal   = {The journal of physical chemistry : C, Nanomaterials and interfaces},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {1932-7447},
  doi       = {10.1021/jp5122036},
  pages     = {4874 -- 4883},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Diarylethene derivatives are photochromic molecular switches, undergoing a ring-opening/-closing reaction by illumination with light. The symmetry of the closed form is determined by the WoodWard Hoffinann rules according to which the reaction proceeds by corirotatory rotation -in that case. Here, we show by a cOrnbined approach of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations that the Open isomer of 4,4'-(4,4'-(perfluorocydopent-1-ene-1,2-diyl)bis(5-methyl-thiophent-4,2,4-dipyridine) (PDTE) retains its open form upon adsorption on a Ag(111) surface. It caribe switched into a closed form, which we identify as the digrotatOly cydization product, by controlled manipulation 'With the STM tip, Evidence of an electric-field dependent switching-process 'is interpreted on the basis of a Simple electroStatic Model, which suggests that the reaction proceedS via an "upright" intermediate state. This pathway thus strongly differs from the switching reaction in solution.},
  language  = {en}
}