A New Type of Photoconduction in a Molecular Crystal (IMAGE)

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A New Type of Photoconduction in a Molecular Crystal

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A shot of UV light has produced a considerable flow of electric current like spring water in an insulating molecular crystal, which phenomenon originates from the unique original physical properties of this material, realized by the interplay between the two kinds of molecules shown in the image.

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Royal Society of Chemistry, Image reproduced by permission of Naito Toshio et al. from Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

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