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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
metal-alkyl molecules provied an early source molecule for photodeposition of metal. They continue to be of interest for patterned and unpatterned laser deposition and for conctact formation on compound semiconductors. This article provides a brief review of what has been learned about the surface photo-physic of this class of molecules based on several years of study with uV and iR absorption spectroscopy, UHV surface analysis, and thermal and photodesorption amass spectroscopy.