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Van der Waals rectifiers

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Subtle effects in the way self-assembled monolayers pack can be harnessed to produce dramatic enhancements in the performance of organic diodes.

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Figure 1: Effect of van der Waals interactions on the supramolecular structure and performance of organic diodes.

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  1. Steven L. Bernasek is at the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA,

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