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Microcantilever based sensors have been under intense research focus for more than a decade due several advantages including high sensitivity, quick response, low cost, and ability to be miniaturized in small module. The microcantilever surface is usually functionalized (coated …

Understanding the supramolecular interactions governing the self-assembly of molecular building blocks upon surfaces is fundamental to the design of new devices such as sensors or catalysts. Successful heterogeneous enantioselective catalysts have relied upon the adsorption of ‘…

Azobenzene based photochromics have been studied widely since the development of the first azo dye, Mauvine, by Perkin in 1856. Azo based dyes have been widely used in industry for over a century. The desire to study them arose from their ease of synthesis and the wide availabil…