Publication detail

Electrically reading a light-driven molecular switch on 2D-Ti3C2Tx MXene via molecular engineering: towards responsive MXetronics

MUÑOZ MARTIN, J. PALACIOS CORELLA, M. PUMERA, M.

Original Title

Electrically reading a light-driven molecular switch on 2D-Ti3C2Tx MXene via molecular engineering: towards responsive MXetronics

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The contemporary digital revolution, which demands for miniaturized electronics, has prompted the search for molecule-based nanomaterials that handle some of the computational logic functions-which relates the concept of zeros (0) and ones (1) in binary code-reached by mainstream silicon-based semiconductor technology. Herein, the feasibility of emerging 2D transition metal carbide (MXene) derivatives to write, erase and readout bistable molecular switches has been elucidated. As a first demonstration of applicability, 2D-Ti3C2Tx MXene has been covalently functionalized with an optically active molecule as azobenzene (AZO), in which the photo-driven inputs of the AZO isomerization (E-AZO@Ti3C2Tx <-> Z-AZO@Ti3C2Tx) resulted in two distinguished electrical states when it was immobilized in an emerging 3D-printed transducer. Thus, this work provides the basis towards the yet undisclosed concept of "Responsive MXetronics" by molecularly engineering smart MXenes to perform logic (opto)electronic tasks.

Keywords

AZOBENZENE; GRAPHENE; TI3C2TX

Authors

MUÑOZ MARTIN, J.; PALACIOS CORELLA, M.; PUMERA, M.

Released

17. 8. 2022

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Location

CAMBRIDGE

ISBN

2050-7496

Periodical

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Year of study

10

Number

32

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

17001

Pages to

17008

Pages count

8

URL

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/TA/D2TA03349F

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/208481

BibTex

@article{BUT179181,
  author="Jose Maria {Muñoz Martin} and Mario {Palacios Corella} and Martin {Pumera}",
  title="Electrically reading a light-driven molecular switch on 2D-Ti3C2Tx MXene via molecular engineering: towards responsive MXetronics",
  journal="Journal of Materials Chemistry A",
  year="2022",
  volume="10",
  number="32",
  pages="17001--17008",
  doi="10.1039/d2ta03349f",
  issn="2050-7496",
  url="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/TA/D2TA03349F"
}