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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pourhossein P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4899853 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nature communications 20160608
Light-driven conductance switching in molecular tunnelling junctions that relies on photoisomerization is constrained by the limitations of kinetic traps and either by the sterics of rearranging atoms in a densely packed monolayer or the small absorbance of individual molecules. Here we demonstrate light-driven conductance gating; devices comprising monolayers of hemicyanine dyes trapped between two metallic nanowires exhibit higher conductance under irradiation than in the dark. The modulation ...[more]