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On-demand final state control of a surface-bound bistable single molecule switch
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dc.contributor.author | Garrido Torres, Jose A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Simpson, Grant J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Adams, Christopher J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fruchtl, Herbert A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schaub, Renald | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-02T23:37:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-02T23:37:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-05-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Garrido Torres , J A , Simpson , G J , Adams , C J , Fruchtl , H A & Schaub , R 2018 , ' On-demand final state control of a surface-bound bistable single molecule switch ' , Nano Letters , vol. 18 , no. 5 , pp. 2950-2956 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00336 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1530-6984 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 252750933 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 10d824b6-af7a-4ddd-a08c-1fb205e0682a | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85046699834 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000432093200030 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-6647-4266/work/62668380 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/17423 | |
dc.description | We acknowledge financial support from the Scottish Funding Council (through EaStCHEM and SRD-Grant HR07003) and from EPSRC (PhD studentship for JAGT, EP/M506631/1). Computational support was provided via the EaStCHEM Research Computing Facility. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Modern electronic devices perform their defined action because of the complete reliability of their individual active components (transistors, switches, diodes, and so forth). For instance, to encode basic computer units (bits) an electrical switch can be used. The reliability of the switch ensures that the desired outcome (the component’s final state, 0 or 1) can be selected with certainty. No practical data storage device would otherwise exist. This reliability criterion will necessarily need to hold true for future molecular electronics to have the opportunity to emerge as a viable miniaturization alternative to our current silicon-based technology. Molecular electronics target the use of single-molecules to perform the actions of individual electronic components. On-demand final state control over a bistable unimolecular component has therefore been one of the main challenges in the past decade (1−5) but has yet to be achieved. In this Letter, we demonstrate how control of the final state of a surface-supported bistable single molecule switch can be realized. On the basis of the observations and deductions presented here, we further suggest an alternative strategy to achieve final state control in unimolecular bistable switches. | |
dc.format.extent | 7 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nano Letters | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00336 | en |
dc.subject | Scanning tunneling microscopy | en |
dc.subject | Density functional theory | en |
dc.subject | Tautomerisation | en |
dc.subject | Molecular switches | en |
dc.subject | Inelastic tunneling | en |
dc.subject | Nano-electronics | en |
dc.subject | QD Chemistry | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject | BDC | en |
dc.subject | R2C | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QD | en |
dc.title | On-demand final state control of a surface-bound bistable single molecule switch | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Scottish Funding Council | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Chemistry | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. EaSTCHEM | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00336 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2019-04-03 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | SCISS HR07003 | en |
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