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Photoconduction in [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4)·H2O nanocrystals
Celine Etrillard1, Vina Faramarzi, Jean-Francois Dayen
1CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, ICMCB, 87 avenue du Dr A. Schweitzer, Pessac, F-33608, France.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 12, 2011
Abstract:
Sub-micron-sized [Fe(Htrz)(2)(trz)](BF(4))·H(2)O nanoparticles that exhibit a spin crossover transition are positioned between Au electrodes with sub-100 nm separation. After voltage poling, samples exhibit unexpected large conductivity, with photoconductance and photovoltaic behavior.
