@article {42584,
	title = {Nanowires of metal-organic complex by photocrystallization: a system to achieve addressable electrically bistable devices and memory elements},
	journal = {Langmuir},
	volume = {24},
	year = {2008},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {5937{\textendash}5941},
	abstract = {<p>A new method has been achieved to form a Cu:benzoquinone derivative (DDQ) charge-transfer complex by the photoexcitation of [Cu(DDQ)2(CH3COO)2] (1) that has been synthesized by the reaction of DDQ and hydrated cupric acetate in acetonitrile. Photoexcitation of coordinated complex 1 leads to the formation of charge-transfer complex Cu2+(DDQ{\textbullet}-)2 (2). The charge transfer complex 2, when spun on solid substrates, forms nanowires. Sandwich structures of 2 exhibit electrical bistability associated with memory phenomenon. Read-only and random-access memory phenomena are evidenced in nanowires of 2 providing a route to attend the issues pertaining to the addressibility of organic memory devices.</p>},
	doi = {10.1021/la703871g},
	author = {Rath, Arup Kumar and Dhara, Koushik and Banerjee, Pradyot and Pal, Amlan J.}
}
@article {42578,
	title = {Near-IR activity of hybrid solar cells: enhancement of efficiency by dissociating excitons generated in PbS nanoparticles},
	journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
	volume = {96},
	year = {2010},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {Article no: 073505},
	abstract = {<p>Photovoltaic devices based on PbSnanoparticles remained inactive in the near-IR region due to a not-so-favorable energy band-diagram that does not allow dissociation of excitons generated in PbS. In this work, with the introduction of nanostructures in the PbS-based hybrid system, we show an enhancement of photovoltaic performance in both visible and near-IR regions. The addition of increases the power conversion efficiency from 0.006\% to 0.12\%. With the aid of energy band-diagram, we show that excitons generated in PbS even in the near-IR range can now become dissociated to yield photocurrent in the external circuit.</p>},
	doi = {10.1063/1.3292183},
	author = {Guchhait, Asim and Rath, Arup Kumar and Pal, Amlan J.}
}
