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Electrical Rectification by a Molecule of Hexadecylquinolinium Tricyanoquinodimethanide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. M. Metzger ,
B. Chen ,
D. Vuillaume ,
U. Höpfner ,
J. W. Baldwin ,
T. Kawai ,
H. Tachibana ,
H. Sakurai ,
M. V. Lakshmikantham  and
M. P. Cava
R. M. Metzger
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
B. Chen
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
D. Vuillaume
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
U. Höpfner
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
J. W. Baldwin
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
T. Kawai
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
H. Tachibana
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
H. Sakurai
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
M. V. Lakshmikantham
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
M. P. Cava
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA, rmetzger@ualvm.ua.edu
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Abstract

The asymmetrical forward versus reverse - bias DC electrical conductivity (macroscopic and also nanoscopic) through Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers and monolayers of γ-(nhexadecyl) quinolinum tricyanoquinodimethanide, C16H33Q-3CNQ (1) is attributable to rectification of electrical current by a single molecule.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 488: Symposium J – Electrical, Optical & Magnetic Properties of Organic IV , 1997 , 335
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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