3781 Artificial Surface-Mounted Molecular Rotors

Sunday, February 20, 2011: 9:00 AM
146C (Washington Convention Center )
Josef Michl , University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Regular 2-dimensional arrays of surface-mounted dipolar rotors are expected to exhibit interesting responses to outside electric fields, possibly even ferroelectricity.  A synthetic approach to the fabrication of such arrays by chemical means and the spectroscopic and dielectric characterization of the structures prepared will be described.