An Electrically Driven and Readable Molecular Monolayer Switch Based on a Solid Electrolyte

The potential application of molecular switches as active elements in information storage has been demonstrated through numerous works. Importantly, such switching capabilities have also been reported for self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs). SAMs of electroactive molecules have recently been exploited...

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Published in:Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 368 - 372
Main Authors: Marchante, Elena, Crivillers, Núria, Buhl, Moritz, Veciana, Jaume, Mas-Torrent, Marta
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 04.01.2016
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Edition:International ed. in English
Subjects:
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Electrochemistry
Electrolytes
ferrocene
Impedance
Information storage
Molecular machines
molecular switches
Monolayers
Self-assembled monolayers
Solid electrolytes
Switches
Switching
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
ferrocene
molecular switches
self-assembled monolayers
solid electrolytes
ISSN:1433-7851, 1521-3773
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Summary:The potential application of molecular switches as active elements in information storage has been demonstrated through numerous works. Importantly, such switching capabilities have also been reported for self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs). SAMs of electroactive molecules have recently been exploited as electrochemical switches. Typically, the state of these switches could be read out through their optical and/or magnetic response. These output reading processes are difficult to integrate into devices, and furthermore, there is a need to use liquid environments for switching the redox‐active molecular systems. In this work, both of these challenges were overcome by using an ionic gel as the electrolyte medium, which led to an unprecedented solid‐state device based on a single molecular layer. Moreover, electrochemical impedance has been successfully exploited as the output of the system. An ionic gel is used as the electrolyte medium in an unprecedented electrochemically switchable solid‐state device that is based on a single molecular layer. Furthermore, these devices can be written and erased as well as read by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
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ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.201508449