Imaging of Surface Potential Distribution in Cyanine DYE Monolayer by Scanning Maxwell Stress Microscopy (SMM)
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 294 (1) , 55-58
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259708032247
Abstract
Scanning Maxwell stress Microscopy (SMM), which is a type of scanning probe microscopy designed to image microscopic electrical properties, has been applied to cyanine dye Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) monolayers. In combination of epifluorescence microscope technique with SMM, the cyanine J-aggregate formation way was clearly observed. Further the light induced electron transfer between cyanine and viologen in LB film system could be detected as a surface potential change by SMM technique.Keywords
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