This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20121301);the National Key Project on Basic Research (Grant No. 2002CCA03100).
Light-induced structural transformation of 4-(amyloxy)cinnamic acid (AOCA) on the surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) was investigated with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). AOCA molecules form hig...