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Photo- and electro-chromism of diarylethene modified ITO electrodes-towards molecular based read-write-erase
Jetsuda Areephong1, Wesley R Browne, Nathalie Katsonis
1Organic and Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|February 3, 2007
Abstract:
Molecular memory devices based on dithienylethene switch modified ITO electrodes undergo reversible ring opening/closing both photo- and electro-chemically with non-destructive electrochemical readout.
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