Influence of composition on the external quantum efficiency of reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanoparticle based photodetector used for human body IR detection.

Here, we developed an efficient infrared (IR) detector comprising reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) for detecting human body IR radiation under ambient conditions. The RGO/CNP nanocomposite thin-film based photodetectors were assembled a simple solution-phase cost-effective route with different concentrations of RGO solution while keeping CNP concentration constant. Three RGO/CNP nanocomposite photodetector devices were fabricated with three different concentrations of RGO (keeping CNP concentration constant) and their photoresponse properties have been studied.

Self-assembly of a mononuclear [Fe(III)(L)(EtOH)2] complex bearing an n-dodecyl chain on solid highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces.

The synthesis and structures of the N-[(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-dodecylphenyl)methyl]-N-(carboxymethyl)glycine disodium salt (HL) ligand and its neutral mononuclear complex [Fe(III) (L)(EtOH)(2)] (1) are reported. Structural and electronic properties of 1 were investigated by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and current imaging tunneling spectroscopy (CITS) techniques. These studies reveal that molecules of 1 form well-ordered self-assemblies when deposited on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface.

Supramolecular 'flat' Mn9 grid complexes--towards functional molecular platforms.

Flat, quantum dot like arrays of closely spaced, electron rich metal centres are seen as attractive subunits for device capability at the molecular level. Mn(II)9 grids, formed by self-assembly processes using 'tritopic' pyridine-2,6-dihydrazone ligands, provide easy and pre-programmable routes to such systems, and have been shown to exhibit a number of potentially useful physical properties, which could be utilized to generate bi-stable molecular based states. Their ability to form surface monolayers, which can be mapped by STM techniques, bodes well for their possible integration into nanometer scale electronic components of the future.