Photoisomerization effects in molecular devices

Abstract

<p indent="0mm">The study of molecular configuration transitions is crucial to the basic and application research of molecular devices, including the construction of single-molecule optoelectronic devices or molecular film devices based on photoisomerized molecules, the detection of light-induced molecular configuration changes at the single-molecule level and the exploration of their effects on the charge transport and the photoelectric performance of the devices. This article systematically describes the research of photoisomerization-molecular devices in recent years, and summarizes a series of representative developments in molecular device preparation, charge transport mechanism, device performance control and applications. It also provides certain ideas for the further development of functional molecular devices and the realization of complex integrated circuits or computing system in the future.