DEMONSTRATION OF UNIMOLECULAR ELECTRICAL RECTIFICATION IN HEXADECYLQUINOLINIUM TRICYANOQUINODIMETHANIDE

Authors
METZGER RM
Citation
Rm. Metzger, DEMONSTRATION OF UNIMOLECULAR ELECTRICAL RECTIFICATION IN HEXADECYLQUINOLINIUM TRICYANOQUINODIMETHANIDE, Advanced materials for optics and electronics, 8(5), 1998, pp. 229-245
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science",Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Chemistry Applied",Chemistry
Journal title
Advanced materials for optics and electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10579257
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
229 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
1057-9257(1998)8:5<229:DOUERI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Asymmetries in the macroscopic and the nanoscopic DC electrical conduc tivity through Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers and monolayers of gamma-( n-hexadecyl)quinolinium tricyanoquinodimethanide (HDQ-3CNQ, 1) are due to a transition from the ground-state zwitterion to a probably neutra l excited-state conformer, thus confirming without a shadow of a doubt the rectification of electrical current by a single molecule. (C) 199 8 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.