Issue 3, 2020

Recent progress in the development of molecular-scale electronics based on photoswitchable molecules

Abstract

Molecular electronic devices with tunable conductance states show great potential in building memories and logic components for next-generation circuits. In recent years, photoswitchable molecular devices have attracted worldwide interest because of the high spatial and temporal resolution, low cost and non-invasibility of light. Herein, an overview of the progress in photoswitching molecular junctions based on single molecules or self-assembled monolayers of photochromic molecules (i.e., azobenzene, diarylethene, dihydroazulene, spiropyran and dihydropyrene) in the recent decade and a brief description of methods to construct photoswitchable molecular devices are provided. An outlook of the future research directions and challenges for this field is also presented.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress in the development of molecular-scale electronics based on photoswitchable molecules

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
05 Nov 2019
Accepted
02 Dez 2019
First published
10 Dez 2019

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 821-848

Recent progress in the development of molecular-scale electronics based on photoswitchable molecules

X. Huang and T. Li, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 821 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06054E

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