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Bin-Bin Cui1, Zupan Mao2, Yuxia Chen1, Yu-Wu Zhong1, Gui Yu2, Chuanlang Zhan1, Jiannian Yao1.
Abstract
A diruthenium complex capped with twoEntities:
Year: 2014 PMID: 29560217 PMCID: PMC5811141 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03345k
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Sci ISSN: 2041-6520 Impact factor: 9.825
Fig. 1Representative known transition metal complexes or metallopolymers as active layers for resistive memory. The thin films of these materials were prepared by spin-coating.
Scheme 1Synthesis of (a) poly-1 4+ and (b) poly-2 2+ via the oxidative electropolymerization of 1(PF6)4 and 2(PF6)2, respectively. The counteranions of the polymers are mostly ClO4 – ions, which were included from the electrolyte during the electropolymerization.
Fig. 2ORTEP drawing of the single-crystal X-ray structure of 1(PF6)4 at 30% probability. Anions and H atoms are omitted for clarity. Color code: carbon, grey; nitrogen, blue; pink, ruthenium.
Fig. 3(a) Cathodic CVs of 1(PF6)4 at a Pt disk electrode (d = 2 mm) in 0.1 M Bu4NClO4/CH2Cl2. (b) CVs recorded during repeated potential scans between +0.40 and +1.35 V. (c and d) CVs of the obtained poly-1 4+/Pt film in a clean electrolyte solution. The scan rates are 100 mV s–1.
Fig. 4(a) AFM height image of the poly-1 4+/ITO film (size: 5 μm × 5 μm). (b) Schematic representation of the memory device structure. (c) Typical I–V characteristics of the ITO/poly-1 4+/Al device with an active area of 6.0 mm2. The arrows denote switching order and direction. The thicknesses of the polymer film and Al electrode are 100 and 80 nm, respectively. (d) Plot of the ON/OFF current ratio versus voltage. The y axes of (c) and (d) are in logarithmic scale.
Fig. 5(a) Input applied voltage sequence and (b and c) output current responses during repeated write/read/erase/read (+5 V/1 V/–5 V/1 V) cycles for the ITO/poly-1 4+/Al device.
Fig. 6Retention times of the ON- and OFF-state data under a readout voltage of +1 V. The ON and OFF states were induced by +5 and –5 V, respectively.
Fig. 7(a) CVs of the poly-2 2+/Pt film in a clean electrolyte solution at 100 mV s–1. (b) Typical I–V characteristics of the ITO/poly-2 2+/Al device with a logarithmic scale for the current. The arrows denote switching order and direction.
Fig. 8Isodensity plots of the frontier molecular orbitals of the diruthenium-tetraphenylbenzidine basic structural component of poly-1 4+. DFT methods: B3LYP/LANL2DZ/6-31-G*/CPCM. Eigenvalues in eV are shown in parentheses for each energy level.