1. Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy;2. Technische Universität München, Electrical Eng. and Information Tech., Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany
Abstract:
We discuss three different models of switching between the high conductivity and low conductivity state in organic bistable devices (OBD) with embedded nanoparticles. All models assume the same basic mechanism: charge trapping and de-trapping in metal nanoparticles. We show trapped charges can both induce an increase or a reduction of the total current depending on device configurations. The influence of energy disorder is investigated.