Highly distinguishable isomeric states of a tripodal arylazopyrazole derivative on graphite through electron/hole-induced switching at ambient conditions

• Himani Malik,
• Sudha Devi,
• Debapriya Gupta,
• Ankit Kumar Gaur,
• Sugumar Venkataramani and
• Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1496–1507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.112

• atomically precise write and read tool like an STM tip. Keywords: azo compounds; electron/hole-induced isomerization; isomerization; molecular switches; switching; Introduction Molecular electronic devices have been predicted to outperform silicon-based devices [1][2]. Reprogrammable arrays of molecular