Ultrathin Reduced Graphene Oxide Films as Transparent Top‐Contacts for Light Switchable Solid‐State Molecular Junctions

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201300607
• Publication Date: 2013-06-14T08:25:51Z
• Authors: Tao Li; Martyn Jevric; Jonas R. Hauptmann; Rune Hviid; Zhongming Wei; Rui Wang; Nini E. A. Reeler; Erling Thyrhaug; Søren Petersen; Jakob A. S. Meyer; Nicolas Bovet; Tom Vosch; Jesper Nygård; Xiaohui Qiu; Wenping Hu; Yunqi Liu; Gemma C. Solomon; Henrik G. Kjaergaard; Thomas Bjørnholm; Mogens Brøndsted ...; Bo W. Laursen; Kasper Nørgaard
• Keywords: Molecular Electronics

A new type of solid-state molecular junction is introduced, which employs reduced graphene oxide as a transparent top contact that permits self-assembled monolayer to be photoswitched in situ, while simultaneously enabling charge-transport measurements across the molecules. The electrical switching behavior less-studied switch, dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene, described, used test case.