Space Charge-Limited Current Transport Mechanism in Crossbar Junction Embedding Molecular Spin Crossovers.

ABSTRACT: Spin crossover complexes are among the most studied classes of molecular switches and have attracted considerable attention for their potential technological use as active units in multifunctional devices. A fundamental step toward their practical implementation is the integration in macroscopic devices adopting hybrid vertical architectures. First, the physical properties of technological interest shown by these materials in the bulk phase have to be retained once they are deposited on a solid surface. Herein, we describe the study of a hybrid molecular inorganic junction embedding the spin crossover complex [Fe(qnal)₂] (qnal = quinoline-naphthaldehyde) as an active switchable thin film sandwiched within energy-optimized metallic electrodes. In these junctions, developed and ch

SUBMITTER: Cucinotta G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8008390 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature