Photo- and electro-chromism of diarylethene modified ITO electrodes-towards molecular based read-write-erase information storage

Jetsuda Areephong; Wesley R Browne; Nathalie Katsonis; Ben L Feringa

doi:10.1039/b608502d

Photo- and electro-chromism of diarylethene modified ITO electrodes-towards molecular based read-write-erase information storage

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Oct 1:(37):3930-2. doi: 10.1039/b608502d. Epub 2006 Aug 9.

Authors

Jetsuda Areephong¹, Wesley R Browne, Nathalie Katsonis, Ben L Feringa

Affiliation

¹ Organic and Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 17268674
DOI: 10.1039/b608502d

Abstract

Molecular memory devices based on dithienylethene switch modified ITO electrodes undergo reversible ring opening/closing both photo- and electro-chemically with non-destructive electrochemical readout.