title: Electric field control of proton-transfer molecular switching: molecular dynamics study on salicylidene aniline.
abstract: In this letter, we propose a novel, ultrafast, efficient molecular switch whose switching mechanism involves the electric field-driven intramolecular proton transfer. By means of ab initio quantum chemical calculations and on-the-fly dynamics simulations, we examine the switching performance of an isolated salicylidene aniline molecule and analyze the perspectives of its possible use as an electric field-controlled molecular electronics unit.
authors.affiliation: College of Interfaculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 93 Zwirki i Wigury St., 02-089 Warsaw, Poland. jjankowska@chem.uw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadlej
authors.forename: Andrzej L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sobolewski