Space charge-limited current transport mechanism in crossbar junction embedding molecular spin crossovers
CUCINOTTA, Giuseppe
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
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National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
CUCINOTTA, Giuseppe
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
CINI, Alberto
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze]
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze]
FITTIPALDI, Maria
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze]
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze]
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology [INSTM ]
Language
en
Article de revue
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2020, vol. 12, n° 28, p. 31696-31705
Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society
English Abstract
Spin crossover complexes are among the most studied classes of molecular switches and have attracted considerable attention for their potential technological use as active units in multifunctional devices. A fundamental ...Read more >
Spin crossover complexes are among the most studied classes of molecular switches and have attracted considerable attention for their potential technological use as active units in multifunctional devices. A fundamental step toward their practical implementation is the integration in macroscopic devices adopting hybrid vertical architectures. First, the physical properties of technological interest shown by these materials in the bulk phase have to be retained once they are deposited on a solid surface. Herein, we describe the study of a hybrid molecular inorganic junction embedding the spin crossover complex [Fe(qnal)2] (qnal = quinoline-naphthaldehyde) as an active switchable thin film sandwiched within energy-optimized metallic electrodes. In these junctions, developed and characterized with the support of state of the art techniques including synchrotron Mössbauer source (SMS) spectroscopy and focused-ion beam scanning transmission electron microscopy, we observed that the spin state conversion of the Fe(II)-based spin crossover film is associated with a transition from a space charge-limited current (SCLC) transport mechanism with shallow traps to a SCLC mechanism characterized by the presence of an exponential distribution of traps concomitant with the spin transition temperature.Read less <
English Keywords
Spin crossover
Transport measurements
Hybrid device
FIB-STEM
Synchrotron Mössbauer spectroscopy
Molecular magnetism
Molecular spintronics
Origin
Hal imported