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A robust molecular platform for non-volatile memory devices with optical and magnético responses

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 28.03.2011

A robust molecular platform for non-volatile memory devices with optical and magnético responses

Pau Gorostiza, group leader of IBEC's Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group and graduate student Juan Manuel Artés have recently participated in a project led by Concepció Rovira and Jaume Veciana at the Institute for Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). They've characterized a robust molecular switch in solution that operates at very low voltages, can be ‘patterned' by electrical input and has exceptionally high long-term stability, reversibility and reproducibility.


“This switch is a very promising platform for use in memory devices,” says Pau. “For example, on a CD coated with this molecule, bits can be ‘written’ electrochemically (by application of low voltages with a wire near the surface in certain conditions) and ‘read’ optically (measuring the absorbance or fluorescence) or magnetically.” Their results were published in Nature Chemistry ().