• 文献标题:   Photo-switchable molecular monolayer anchored between highly transparent and flexible graphene electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SEO S, MIN M, LEE SM, LEE H
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sungkyunkwan Univ
  • 被引频次:   74
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms2937
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

A molecular ultra-thin film (for example, a molecular monolayer) with graphene electrodes would allow for the realization of superior stable, transparent and flexible electronics. A realistic prospect regarding the use of graphene in two-terminal molecular electronic devices is to fabricate a chemically stable, optically transparent, mechanically flexible and molecularly compatible junction. Here we report on a novel photo-switchable molecular monolayer, one side chemically and the other side physically anchored between the two graphene electrodes. The photo-switchable organic molecules specified with an electrophilic group are chemically self-assembled into a monolayer on the graphene bottom electrode, while the other end is physically contacted to the graphene top electrode; this arrangement provides excellent stability for a highly transparent and flexible molecular monolayer device with a high device yield due to soft contacts at the top electrode interface. Thus, the transparent graphene electrodes allow stable molecular photo-switching due to photoinduced changes in the molecular conformational length.