A robust molecular platform for non-volatile memory devices with optical and magnetic responses - pp359 - 364
Cláudia Simão, Marta Mas-Torrent, Núria Crivillers, Vega Lloveras, Juan Manuel Artés, Pau Gorostiza, Jaume Veciana & Concepció Rovira
doi:10.1038/nchem.1013
The creation of ‘smart surfaces’ that can act as switches or memory devices will rely on systems with bistable states that can be interconverted externally. Now, a low-voltage and robust surface-confined switch that transduces an electrical input into an optical and magnetic output is described.