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Reversible Conductance Switching in Molecular Devices†

  1. Auke J. Kronemeijer1,
  2. Hylke B. Akkerman1,
  3. Tibor Kudernac2,
  4. Bart J. van Wees1,
  5. Ben L. Feringa2,
  6. Paul W. M. Blom1,
  7. Bert de Boer1,*

Article first published online: 1 APR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800053

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 8, pages 1467–1473, April 21, 2008

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How to Cite

Kronemeijer, A. J., Akkerman, H. B., Kudernac, T., van Wees, B. J., Feringa, B. L., Blom, P. W. M. and de Boer, B. (2008), Reversible Conductance Switching in Molecular Devices. Advanced Materials, 20: 1467–1473. doi: 10.1002/adma.200800053

Author Information

  1. 1

    Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen (The Netherlands)

  2. 2

    Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen (The Netherlands)

*Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen (The Netherlands).

  1. †

    We acknowledge J. H. M. Snijders and P. A. van Hal for the XPS data, E. H. Huisman and S. J. van der Molen for fruitful discussions, and J. Harkema for technical assistance. This research was financially supported by the Zernike Institutefor Advanced Materials, NWO via a PIONEER grant, FOM, and NanoNed; a national nanotechnology program coordinated by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the authors.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 APR 2008
  2. Article first published online: 1 APR 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 24 JAN 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 7 JAN 2008

Funded by

  • Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
  • NWO via a PIONEER grant
  • FOM
  • NanoNed
  • national nanotechnology program coordinated by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

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Keywords:

  • Organic electronics;
  • Switches;
  • Self-assembled monolayers;
  • Isomerization;
  • Conjugation

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A reliable and reproducible solid-state molecular electronic device that shows bidirectional conductance switching of molecular origin is demonstrated. The devices are manufactured by conventional processing techniques and are based on a molecular monolayer of photochromic diarylethenes, sandwiched between two electrodes, which switches reversibly and in situ between two conductance states via optical addressing.

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