511 research outputs found
Pavlov's dog associative learning demonstrated on synaptic-like organic transistors
In this letter, we present an original demonstration of an associative
learning neural network inspired by the famous Pavlov's dogs experiment. A
single nanoparticle organic memory field effect transistor (NOMFET) is used to
implement each synapse. We show how the physical properties of this dynamic
memristive device can be used to perform low power write operations for the
learning and implement short-term association using temporal coding and spike
timing dependent plasticity based learning. An electronic circuit was built to
validate the proposed learning scheme with packaged devices, with good
reproducibility despite the complex synaptic-like dynamic of the NOMFET in
pulse regime
Interface Dipole : Effects on Threshold Voltage and Mobility for both Amorphous and Poly-crystalline Organic Field Effect Transistors
We report a detailed comparison on the role of a self-assembled monolayer
(SAM) of dipolar molecules on the threshold voltage and charge carrier mobility
of organic field-effect transistor (OFET) made of both amorphous and
polycrystalline organic semiconductors. We show that the same relationship
between the threshold voltage and the dipole-induced charges in the SAM holds
when both types of devices are fabricated on strictly identical base
substrates. Charge carrier mobilities, almost constant for amorphous OFET, are
not affected by the dipole in the SAMs, while for polycrystalline OFET
(pentacene) the large variation of charge carrier mobilities is related to
change in the organic film structure (mostly grain size).Comment: Full paper and supporting informatio
Electron transport through rectifying self-assembled monolayer diodes on silicon: Fermi level pinning at the molecule-metal interface
We report the synthesis and characterization of molecular rectifying diodes
on silicon using sequential grafting of self-assembled monolayers of alkyl
chains bearing a pi group at their outer end (Si/sigma-pi/metal junctions). We
investigate the structure-performance relationships of these molecular devices
and we examine to what extent the nature of the pi end-group (change in the
energy position of their molecular orbitals) drives the properties of these
molecular diodes. For all the pi-groups investigated here, we observe
rectification behavior. These results extend our preliminary work using phenyl
and thiophene groups (S. Lenfant et al., Nano Letters 3, 741 (2003)).The
experimental current-voltage curves are analyzed with a simple analytical
model, from which we extract the energy position of the molecular orbital of
the pi-group in resonance with the Fermi energy of the electrodes. We report
the experimental studies of the band lineup in these silicon/alkyl-pi
conjugated molecule/metal junctions. We conclude that Fermi level pinning at
the pi-group/metal interface is mainly responsible for the observed absence of
dependence of the rectification effect on the nature of the pi-groups, even
though they were chosen to have significant variations in their electronic
molecular orbitalsComment: To be published in J. Phys. Chem.
Metal/organic/metal bistable memory devices
We report a bistable organic memory made of a single organic layer embedded
between two electrodes, we compare to the organic/metal nanoparticle/organic
tri-layers device [L.P. Ma, J. Liu, and Y. Yang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2997
(2002)]. We demonstrate that the two devices exhibit similar
temperature-dependent behaviors, a thermally-activated behavior in their low
conductive state (off-state) and a slightly "metallic" behavior in their high
conductive state (on-state). This feature emphasizes a similar origin for the
memory effect. Owing to their similar behavior, the one layer memory is
advantageous in terms of fabrication cost and simplicity
Nouveau commutateur moléculaire photomécanique basé sur un système π-conjugué linéaire
A New Photomechanical Molecular Switch Based on a Linear {\pi}-Conjugated System
We report the electronic transport properties of a new photo-addressable
molecular switch. The switching process relies on a new concept based on linear
{\pi}-conjugated dynamic systems, in which the geometry and hence the
electronic properties of an oligothiophene chain can be reversibly modified by
the photochemical trans-cis isomerization of an azobenzene unit fixed in a
lateral loop. Electron transport measurements through self-assembled monolayers
on gold, contacted with eGaIn top contact, show switching with a conductance
ratio up to 1E3. Ab initio calculations have been used to identify the most
energetically stable conformations of the molecular switch, the corresponding
calculated conductances qualitatively explain the trend observed in the
photo-switching experiments.Comment: Full manuscript and supporting information, J. Phys. Chem.
C,published on line (2017
Theory of electrical rectification in a molecular monolayer
The current-voltage characteristics in Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers of
\gamma-hexadecylquinolinium tricyanoquinodimethanide (C16H33Q-3CNQ) sandwiched
between Al or Au electrodes is calculated, combining ab initio and
self-consistent tight binding techniques. The rectification current depends on
the position of the LUMO and HOMO relative to the Fermi levels of the
electrodes as in the Aviram-Ratner mechanism, but also on the profile of the
electrostatic potential which is extremely sensitive to where the electroactive
part of the molecule lies in the monolayer. This second effect can produce
rectification in the direction opposite to the Aviram-Ratner prediction
A New Photomechanical Molecular Switch Based on a Linear {\pi}-Conjugated System
We report the electronic transport properties of a new photo-addressable
molecular switch. The switching process relies on a new concept based on linear
{\pi}-conjugated dynamic systems, in which the geometry and hence the
electronic properties of an oligothiophene chain can be reversibly modified by
the photochemical trans-cis isomerization of an azobenzene unit fixed in a
lateral loop. Electron transport measurements through self-assembled monolayers
on gold, contacted with eGaIn top contact, show switching with a conductance
ratio up to 1E3. Ab initio calculations have been used to identify the most
energetically stable conformations of the molecular switch, the corresponding
calculated conductances qualitatively explain the trend observed in the
photo-switching experiments.Comment: Full manuscript and supporting information, J. Phys. Chem.
C,published on line (2017
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