Switch of conducting orbital by bias-induced electronic contact asymmetry in a bipyrimidinyl-biphenyl diblock molecule: Mechanism to achieve a pn directional molecular diode

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 19931-19938

  Nakamura, Hisao ^a   Asai, Yoshihiro ^a   Hihath, Joshua ^b,c   Bruot, Christopher ^b,c   Tao, Nongjian ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREIT-WIGNER FORMULA; COMPLEX ENERGY; DIBLOCKS; ELECTRONIC SWITCHING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; INTRINSIC ELECTRONICS; LOW VOLTAGES; MOLECULAR DIODES; MOLECULAR FRAGMENTS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PROJECTION OPERATOR TECHNIQUE; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE; VOLTAGE SWEEP;

ALIGNMENT; BIAS VOLTAGE; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 80053903084     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp205723g     Document Type: Article

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