In this paper, we report on the resistive switching (RS) and conduction mechanisms in devices consisting of CdTe/CdSe core–shell quantum dots embedded chitosan composites active layer. Two devices with active layers sandwiched between (1) Al and Ag, and (2) ITO and Ag electrodes were studied. Both devices exhibited bipolar memory behavior with [Formula: see text] V and [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]V, for the Al-based device, while [Formula: see text] V and [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]V were observed for the ITO-based device, enabling both devices to be operated at low powers. However, the switching mechanisms of both devices were different, i.e., RS in Al device was attributed to conductive bridge mechanism, while space-charge-limited driven conduction filament attributed the switching mechanism of the ITO device. Additionally, the Al-based device showed long retention ([Formula: see text][Formula: see text]s) and a reasonable large ([Formula: see text]) ON/OFF ratio. Additionally, for this device, we also observed sweeping cycle-induced reversal of voltage polarity of the [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. In contrast, we observed that increasing sweeping cycles resulted in an exponential decrease of the OFF-state resistance of the ITO-based device.
The novel reactor has been designed to perform chemical reactions under the influence of a magnetic field generated by alternating magnetic poles as a function of time. The system was successfully employed to synthesize a series of 1,5-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolines via the regioselective [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions between alkyl/aryl azides and nitroolefins catalysed by Zepto (para magnetic ultra-blue carboxy functionalized) microspheres (bead diameter 2.5 μm). All of the reactions went smoothly without any adverse effect on nitro, cyano, thienyl, hydroxy, halogens, and ether functions at 25 ± 2 °C and afforded 82%–99% pure products at a magnetic field of 18.99 mT and an exposure time of 180–240 min. The influence of the magnetic force exerted on the magnetic materials was found to enhance the catalytic activity of microspheres. The catalyst could easily be separated by simple centrifugation, which could be reused for at least 15 runs with no loss in activity.
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