Spun films of novel substituted lead phthalocyanine derivatives between aluminum and indium tin oxide electrodes exhibit large, reproducible negative differential resistance (NDR) in their current-voltage characteristics and can be electrically switched between a high conductance on state and a low conductance off state. Space charge limited conduction mechanism was identified from temperature dependent measurements to be responsible for charge transport. The NDR effect may be due to the charge storage in the structure near the electrodes. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009.

Satyajit Sahu

Department of Physics

IIT Jodhpur

A.K. Sharma

M.J. Cook

A.K. Ray

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Journal	Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
ISSN	09574522