Photoelectric response of thiamonomethinecyanine J-aggregate nanoribbons deposited via dielectrophoresis technique

Different dyes can produce the two-dimensional self-assembled structures called J- and H-aggregates that make them attractive material for various nano-electronics applications. This paper shows that electrokinetic deposition technique of cyanine dye J-aggregates is appropriate for the photoelectric devices production. The influence of excitation in visible on conductivity is observed in J-aggregate channel structure deposited using dielectrophoresis technique. The effect was observed in self-assembled thiamonomethinecyanine nanostructures. Samples were analyzed using AFM and micro-Raman spectroscopy methods. Analysis shows that photoelectric response must be the result of conductive channel formation in the structure of J-aggregate between the electrodes. The observed increase in conductivity manifold exceeds the structure dark conductivity: maximal increase comprised 6.3 times.