10.1021/acsami.6b10752.s001
Kizhisseri
Devi Renuka
Kizhisseri
Devi
Renuka
C. Lalitha Lekshmi
C. Lalitha
Lekshmi
Kuruvilla Joseph
Kuruvilla
Joseph
Sankarapillai Mahesh
Sankarapillai
Mahesh
Sustainable
Electronic Materials: Reversible Phototuning
of Conductance in a Noncovalent Assembly of MWCNT and Bioresource-Derived
Photochromic Molecule
American Chemical Society
2016
Bioresource-Derived Photochromic Molecule Tuning
conductance
electronic
OLED
MWCNT
nanoscale
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube
molecule
Sustainable Electronic Materials
noncovalent
bioresource material
2016-12-06 00:00:00
Journal contribution
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Sustainable_Electronic_Materials_Reversible_Phototuning_of_Conductance_in_a_Noncovalent_Assembly_of_MWCNT_and_Bioresource-Derived_Photochromic_Molecule/4487846
Tuning the microstructure, conductance,
band gap of a single molecule
with an external stimuli such as light have vital importance in nanoscale
molecular electronics. Azobenzene systems are inimitable light responsive
molecules suitable for the development of optically modulated materials.
In this work we have demonstrated the development of an optically
active Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT)-hybrid material by the
noncovalent functionalization of azo based chromophore derived from
cardanol, a bioresource material. This photoresponsive noncovalent
hybrid shows trans–cis photoisomerization induced switching
of conductance. We report this as the first example in which the photochromic
assembly developed from a bioresource material exhibited tunable conductivity.
We expect that this novel photoswitchable hybrid with reversible conductance
may have potential applications in nanoscale molecular electronics,
solar cells, OLEDs, etc.