Inversion of the rectifying effect in diblock molecular diodes by protonation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 10456-10457

  Morales, Gustavo M ^a   Jiang, Ping ^a   Yuan, Shenwen ^a   Lee, Youngu ^a   Sanchez, Arturo ^a   You, Wei ^a   Yu, Luping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPROTECTION REACTION; DIODE; DIPOLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 23044473738     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja051332c     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. For a review, see: Metzger, R. M. Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 3803.
2. Ng, M-K.; Lee, D.-C.; Yu, L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 11862.
3. Ng, M.-K.; Yu, L. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3598.
4. Jiang, P.; Morales, G. M.; You, W.; Yu, L. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 4471.
5. Ramachandran, G. K.; Hopson, T. J.; Rawlett, A. M.; Nagahara, L. A.; Primak, A.; Lindsay, S. M. Science 2003, 300, 1413.
6. See the Supporting Information.
7. Monkman, A. P.; Palsson, L. O.; Higgins, R. W. T.; Wang, C.; Bryce. M. R.; Batsanov, A. S.; Howard, J. A. K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6049.
8. Ishii, H.; Sugiyama, K.; Ito, E.; Seki, K. Adv. Mater. 1999, 11, 605.
9. Nitzan, A.; Ratner, M. A. Science 2003, 300, 1384.
10. This model does not pretend to give a quantitative explanation of the phenomena; it merely offers a rationale for the observed results. More detailed theoretical computation is needed to gain more insight into the mechanism of charge transport.