Lee, Wen-Ya Kurosawa, Tadanori Lin, Shiang-Tai Higashihara, Tomoya Ueda, Mitsuru Chen, Wen-Chang New Donor–Acceptor Oligoimides for High-Performance Nonvolatile Memory Devices We report the synthesis, optoelectronic properties, and electrical switching memory characteristics of three new donor–acceptor oligoimides consisting of the electron-donating moieties (triphenylamine or carbazole) and electron-withdrawing phthalimide moieties. The influence of different donor (D)–acceptor (A) arrangements, including D-A-D and A-D-A structures, on the electrical properties was explored. Devices based on D-A-D oligoimides revealed a reversible nonvolatile negative-differential-resistance (NDR) characteristic and excellent stability during operation. Without applying voltage stress, the on and off states of the devices showed no obvious degradation for an operation time of 10 s and 10<sup>8</sup> read pulses. However, the devices prepared from the A-D-A oligoimide showed only the insulating properties. The different memory characteristic was probably because the terminal donor moieties in the D-A-D structure might facilitate the injection and transporting of the holes. Besides, the D-A-D oligoimide with triphenylamine groups exhibited an on/off ratio of 10<sup>4</sup>, 2 orders of magnitude higher than that with carbazole groups. The mechanism related to electrical switching properties was elucidated through molecular simulation. Thus the significance of D-A-D structure on tuning memory characteristics for memory device applications was revealed. terminal donor moieties;carbazole;memory device applications;memory characteristics;oligoimide;NDR;triphenylamine 2011-10-25
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10.1021/cm201665g.s001