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Experimental and Theoretical Study of Molecular Rectification

Liu Hongmei |Zhao Jianwei**   

  1. (Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China)
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  • Contact: Zhao Jianwei E-mail:zhaojw@nju.edu.cn
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The field of molecular electronics was initiated in 1970s, when Aviram and Ratner proposed a concept for a molecular rectifier based on a single organic molecule. The molecular rectification has received great progress in the latest 30 years, both in experimental measurement and theoretical simulation. In this paper, we review the recent investigation on molecular rectification, both of molecular structures and rectification mechanisms. Several rectification mechanisms have been summarized, such as D-σ-A, D-π-A and D-A types, rectification induced by conformation reverse and interface. The negative differential resistance is also addressed, which is induced by charging, conformational flexibility, intermolecular charge transfer, molecular double dot, and the polaron mechanism. Finally, the problems and challenges in the study of molecular rectification are proposed.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Experimental measurements
3 Mechanisms of molecular rectification
3.1 D-σ-A type of molecular rectification
3.2 D-π-A type of molecular rectification
3.3 D-A type of molecular rectification
3.4 Molecular rectification induced by conformation reverse
3.5 Molecular Rectification induced by interface
3.6 Negative differential resistance
4 Conclusion and prospective

Key words: molecular electronics, molecular rectification, electron transfer, interface, negative differential resistance

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