Displacement-Current Generation from Spread Monolayers of Poly(vinyl alcohol)s Bearing Azobenzene Sides
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 32 (6R)
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.32.2832
Abstract
Generation of displacement current across single monolayers of poly(vinyl alcohol)s bearing azobenzene sides was investigated with alternating irradiation with ultraviolet light and visible light. The displacement-current generation was accompanied by a change in the area occupied per molecule. The direction of the displacement-current generation was found to be explained by the change in the vertical component of dipole moment of monolayers perpendicular to the water surface due to the cis-trans photoisomerization.Keywords
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