Switching and rectification of a single light-sensitive diarylethene molecule sandwiched between graphene nanoribbons

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Cai, Yongqing ^a   Zhang, Aihua ^a   Ping Feng, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIARYLETHENES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE; PHOTO-EXCITATIONS; POSITIVE BIAS; RECTIFICATION BEHAVIOR; RECTIFICATION RATIO;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GRAPHENE; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 81155148576     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3657435     Document Type: Article

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47. See supplementary material at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3657435 E-JCPSA6-135-044141 for detailed information of frontier orbitals of dialylenthene molecule and I-V characteristics of various GNR-based junctions.