Photo-switchable molecular monolayer anchored between highly transparent and flexible graphene electrodes

Sohyeon Seo, Misook Min, Sae Mi Lee and Hyoyoung Lee ()
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Sohyeon Seo: National Creative Research Initiative, Center for Smart Molecular Memory, Sungkyunkwan University
Misook Min: National Creative Research Initiative, Center for Smart Molecular Memory, Sungkyunkwan University
Sae Mi Lee: National Creative Research Initiative, Center for Smart Molecular Memory, Sungkyunkwan University
Hyoyoung Lee: National Creative Research Initiative, Center for Smart Molecular Memory, Sungkyunkwan University

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract A molecular ultra-thin film (for example, a molecular monolayer) with graphene electrodes would allow for the realization of superior stable, transparent and flexible electronics. A realistic prospect regarding the use of graphene in two-terminal molecular electronic devices is to fabricate a chemically stable, optically transparent, mechanically flexible and molecularly compatible junction. Here we report on a novel photo-switchable molecular monolayer, one side chemically and the other side physically anchored between the two graphene electrodes. The photo-switchable organic molecules specified with an electrophilic group are chemically self-assembled into a monolayer on the graphene bottom electrode, while the other end is physically contacted to the graphene top electrode; this arrangement provides excellent stability for a highly transparent and flexible molecular monolayer device with a high device yield due to soft contacts at the top electrode interface. Thus, the transparent graphene electrodes allow stable molecular photo-switching due to photo-induced changes in the molecular conformational length.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2937

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