abstract
Diodes and transistors are, without any doubt, among the most impactful innovations that have guided the technological advances in computing and every smart device in the present day. However, the rapid technological growth associated with Industry 4.0 is continuously demanding greater computing power. Despite the incredible advances of lithography techniques over the last decades, they are nearing their physical limits, implying that the development of alternative approaches is critical to meeting the technological demands of the semiconductor industry, as has been stated worldwide. Here, we describe the proof-of-concept of a tunable allphotonic molecular analog based on a Tb3 + /Eu3+ complex embedded into a di-ureasil hybrid host, which responds to light in a manner analogous to the behavior of a conventional electronic transistor. This system permits reversibility, in contrast to conventional electronic components, here a new function requires new circuitry The proposed conceptual analog can, in principle, be applied to other optical centers with faster luminescence dynamics, opening the path toward faster photonic analogs. To the best of our knowledge this is the first example of an all-photonic molecular analog based on trivalent lanthanide luminescence which capable of reproducing then input-output characteristics of a conventional electric transistor.
keywords
ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRIDS; EUROPIUM(III); PARAMETERS; CHEMISTRY; EMISSION; MEMORY; LOGIC
subject category
Chemistry; Materials Science; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
authors
Hernández-Rodríguez, MA; Neto, ANC; de Varona, O; Brites, CDS
our authors
Albano Neto Carneiro Neto
Junior Researcher
Carlos Brites
Associate Professor
Miguel Andrés Hernández Rodríguez
Junior ResearcherProjects
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
acknowledgements
MAHR acknowledges the "Beatriz Galindo" program (BG22/00061) . MAHR also thanks Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) and Consejeria de Economia, Conocimiento y Empleo y al Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Gobierno de Canarias for the support granted. This work was partially developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDP/50011/2020 (DOI 10.54499/UIDP/50011/2020) & LA/P/0006/2020 (DOI 10.54499/LA/P/0006/2020) , financed by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) . This work was also financially supported by the LogicALL project (PTDC/CTM-CTM/0298/2020) through Portuguese funds.