A dual-mode optical–electrical molecular switching device

The triad of compounds 1a, 1b and 2 represents a dual-mode molecular switching device for which photochromic and electrochemical properties are mutually regulated and which may form the basis for write–read–erase optoelectronic information handling processes.

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