JAROS, Adam, Esmaeil FARAJPOUR BONAB, Michal STRAKA and Cina FOROUTANNEJAD. Fullerene-Based Switching Molecular Diodes Controlled by Oriented External Electric Fields. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Washington: American Chemical Society, 2019, vol. 141, No 50, p. 19644-19654. ISSN 0002-7863. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b07215.
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Original name Fullerene-Based Switching Molecular Diodes Controlled by Oriented External Electric Fields
Authors JAROS, Adam (203 Czech Republic), Esmaeil FARAJPOUR BONAB (364 Islamic Republic of Iran, belonging to the institution), Michal STRAKA (203 Czech Republic) and Cina FOROUTANNEJAD (364 Islamic Republic of Iran, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of the American Chemical Society, Washington, American Chemical Society, 2019, 0002-7863.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10403 Physical chemistry
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 14.612
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00108161
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b07215
UT WoS 000503917800023
Keywords in English BASIS-SETS; ELECTRONICS; JUNCTIONS; DEVICES; DESIGN; C-60
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 20/2/2020 16:12.
Abstract
Employing multiscale in silico modeling, we propose switching molecular diodes on the basis of endohedral fullerenes (fullerene switching diode, FSD), encapsulated with polar molecules of general type MX (M: metal, X: nonmetal) to be used for data storage and processing. Here, we demonstrate for MX@C-70 systems that the relative orientation of enclosed MX with respect to a set of electrodes connected to the system can be controlled by application of oriented external electric field(s). We suggest systems with two- and four-terminal electrodes, in which the source and drain electrodes help the current to pass through the device and help the switching between the conductive states of FSD via applied voltage. The gate electrodes then assist the switching by effectively lowering the energy barrier between local minima via stabilizing the transition state of switching process if the applied voltage between the source and drain is insufficient to switch the MX inside the fullerene. Using nonequilibrium Greens function combined with density functional theory (DFT-NEGF) computations, we further show that conductivity of the studied MX@C-70 systems depends on the relative orientation of MX inside the cage with respect to the electrodes. Therefore, the orientation of the MX inside C-70 can be both enforced ("written") and retrieved ("read") by applied voltage. The studied systems thus behave like voltage-sensitive switching molecular diodes, which is reminiscent of a molecular memristor.
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GA17-07091S, research and development projectName: Molekulární přepínače na bázi endohedrálních fullerenů
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
LM2015085, research and development projectName: CERIT Scientific Cloud (Acronym: CERIT-SC)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, CERIT Scientific Cloud
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