Optical Input/Electrical Output Memory Elements based on a Liquid Crystalline Azobenzene Polymer

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Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale [CC] [BY] [NC] | |
Auteurs |
Thomas Mosciatti Sara Bonacchi Marco Gobbi Laura Ferlauto Fabiola Liscio Loris Giorgini Emanuele Orgiu Paolo Samori |
Unité de recherche du site |
Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires - ISIS - UMR7006 |
Langue |
en |
Volume |
8 |
Numéro |
10 |
Page de début |
6563 |
Page de fin |
6569 |
Date de première publication |
2016-02-18 |
ISSN |
1944-8244 |
Titre de la source (revue, livre…) |
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces |
Résumé |
Responsive polymer materials can change their properties when subjected to external stimuli. In this work, thin films of thermotropic poly(metha)acrylate/azobenzene polymers are explored as active layer in light-programmable, electrically readable Show moreResponsive polymer materials can change their properties when subjected to external stimuli. In this work, thin films of thermotropic poly(metha)acrylate/azobenzene polymers are explored as active layer in light-programmable, electrically readable memories. The memory effect is based on the reversible modifications of the film morphology induced by the photoisomerization of azobenzene mesogenic groups. When the film is in the liquid crystalline phase, the trans → cis isomerization induces a major surface reorganization on the mesoscopic scale that is characterized by a reduction in the effective thickness of the film. The film conductivity is measured in vertical two-terminal devices in which the polymer is sandwiched between a Au contact and a liquid compliant E-GaIn drop. We demonstrate that the trans → cis isomerization is accompanied by a reversible 100-fold change in the film conductance. In this way, the device can be set in a high- or low-resistance state by light irradiation at different wavelengths. This result paves the way toward the potential use of poly(metha)acrylate/azobenzene polymer films as active layer for optical input/electrical output memory elements. Show less |
DOI | 10.1021/acsami.5b12430 |
URL éditeur |
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b12430 |
Titre abrégé de la source |
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces |
Type de publication |
ACL |
Domaine |
Chimie/Matériaux |
Mots-clés |
azobenzene |
Unité de recherche extérieure au site |
Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (IMM)-CNR, via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy |
Fonction |
aut |
Identifiant idREF |
185476759 19105190X 109288335 |
Audience |
International |
URL | https://univoak.eu/islandora/object/islandora:51512 |