MSTJs device

A Redox-driven [2]Rotaxane-based Molecular Switch Tunnel Junctions (MSTJs) Device... 

With a view to increasing the tunneling current in MSTJ devices, a selection of... 

The above devices inspired scientists to develop solid-state MSTJ devices made from a [2]pseudorotaxane and [2]rotaxane (Figure 76) in which hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions were directly incorporated into the molecular structure to allow self-organization. ° The electrical properties were found to be highly dependent on the supramolecular structure, the presence of bistability within the (super)molecule, and the organization of the Langmuir-Blodgett film. The devices exhibited a... 

The results of these condensed-phase switching experiments provide us with the impetus to incorporate the bistable [2]catenane 4" into solid-state electronic devices. In collaboration with members of the Heath group in the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) here at UCLA, the [2]catenane 4 4DMPA was introducedfirst of all into two-terminal devices to form molecular switch tunnel junctions (MSTJs) in which each MSTJ functions as an electronically reconfig-... 

The remnant molecular signature of an MSTJ fabricated from the [2]pseudorotaxane [837]" is presented in Fig. 1.10(a). This device, which is based on a polysilicon bottom electrode and a Ti/Al top electrode, was fabricated in a manner similar to that already described in Section 1.1.3 for the single-station... 

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