Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.10, 946-947, 2009
Photo- and Electrochromic Switching of Diarylethene-Gold Nanoparticle Network on Interdigitated Electrodes
Conductance switching of a diarylethene-gold nanoparticles network was demonstrated by cyclization reaction induced with chemical oxidation and cycloreversion reaction with photoirradiation. The electrochromic reaction enables the cyclization reaction of the diarylethene whose photocyclization is strongly quenched by gold nanoparticles.