Iranian researchers use butadiene to make molecular switch
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mazandaran, Iran -- Researchers in Iran have used butadiene to create a light-activated molecular switch. The switch flips between cis and trans states when exposed to light.
The researchers, led by Masoud Darwish Ganji of the Islamic Azad University's Chemistry department, said the electrical properties of the two states vary markedly.
The paper, Ab initio investigation of the I-V characteristics of the butadiene nano-molecular wires: A light-driven molecular switch was published in the April issue of Physics Letters A (vol. 372, Issue 17).
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Abstract from Physics Letters A
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