Gold nanoparticles passivated with π-conjugated dendrons and their electrical bistability

Chae Kyu Kim, Won Jae Joo, Hyung Joo Kim, Eun Seok Song, Jina Kim, Sanghwa Lee, Chiyoung Park, Chulhee Kim

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Abstract

Au nanoparticles passivated with π-conjugated dendrons were synthesized. The average diameter of the Au nanoparticles was in the range of 2.1 ± 0.4 nm. The average number of the dendron units on the Au nanoparticle was 21. The fluorescence quenching of the Au nanoparticles indicated a charge transfer interaction between the Au nanoparticle and the conjugated dendrons on the surface of Au nanoparticle. The current-voltage-resistance (I-V-R) characteristics of the single layer device, ITO/Stb-1GD-S-Au-PS/LiF/Al, exhibited clear electrical bistability due to a charge transfer interaction between the Au nanoparticle and the conjugated dendrons, which can be utilized for memory application.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)359-363
Number of pages5
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume158
Issue number8-9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by SAIT. C.K. also thanks the National R&D Program for Cancer Control (0620340-1) and National Nuclear Technology Program of KOSEF (2007-00378) for support. We thank H.Y. Kang and Prof. C.K. Hwangbo of Physics Department at Inha University for help with the experiments.

Keywords

  • Au nanoparticles
  • Conjugated dendron
  • Organic electronics
  • Organic memory

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