Inverse rectification in donor-acceptor molecular heterojunctions

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 9256-9263

  Yee, Shannon K ^a   Sun, Jibin ^b   Darancet, Pierre ^c   Tilley, T Don ^b   Majumdar, Arun ^d   Neaton, Jeffrey B ^c   Segalman, Rachel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Currently with Benson Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

donor acceptor molecule; inverse rectification; molecular diode; single molecule conductance

Indexed keywords

AU ELECTRODES; BITHIOPHENES; COHERENT TRANSPORTS; CONJUGATED BRIDGES; DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENTS; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; DONOR-ACCEPTOR MOLECULES; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; END GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INVERSE RECTIFICATION; MESOSCOPICS; MOLECULAR DIODES; NONCONJUGATED; ORBITAL CONTRIBUTION; P-N JUNCTION; PHENYLACETYLENES; REVERSE POLARIZATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS;

ACETYLENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACETYLENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GOLD; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLACETYLENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE;

ACETYLENE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NAPHTHALENES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 81855177289     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203520v     Document Type: Article

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