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Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1780–1783 (2000)

Reversible, Nanometer-Scale Conductance Transitions in an Organic Complex

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H. J. Gao1,2, K. Sohlberg1, Z. Q. Xue2, H. Y. Chen2, S. M. Hou2, L. P. Ma2, X. W. Fang3, S. J. Pang2, and S. J. Pennycook1
1Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6031
2Beijing Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, Institute of Physics and Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Received 23 June 1999; published in the issue dated 21 February 2000

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Reversible conductance transitions are demonstrated on the molecular scale in a complex of 3-nitrobenzal malononitrile and 1,4-phenylenediamine, by application of local electric field pulses. Both macroscopic and local current-voltage (I/V) measurements show similar electrical bistability behavior. The mechanism of the electrical bistability is discussed.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1780
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1780
PACS:
73.61.Ph

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Comment: Yanming Zhao, Asa Fein, Charles A. Peterson, and Dror Sarid, Comment on “Reversible, Nanometer-Scale Conductance Transitions in an Organic Complex”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 179706 (2001).

Reply: H. J. Gao, K. Sohlberg, Z. Q. Xue, H. Y. Chen, S. M. Hou, L. P. Ma, X. W. Fang, and S. J. Pennycook, Gao et al. Reply:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 179707 (2001).

 
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