Reversible, nanometer-scale conductance transitions in an organic complex
Reversible conductance transitions are demonstrated on the molecular scale in a complex of 3-nitrobenzal malononitrile and 1, 4-phenylenediamine, by application of local electric field pulses. Both macroscopic and local current-voltage (I/V) measurements show similar electrical bistability behavior. The mechanism of the electrical bistability is discussed.
Gao
HJ
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6031 and Beijing Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, Institute of Physics and Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
Sohlberg
K
Xue
ZQ
Chen
HY
Hou
SM
Ma
LP
Fang
XW
Pang
SJ
Pennycook
SJ