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Single-molecule diodes

The environment does the trick

Nature Nanotechnology volume 10, pages 486–487 (2015)Cite this article

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Single-molecule junctions with high rectification ratios can be realized by exposing different electrode surface areas to an ionic liquid.

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Figure 1: A single-molecule diode and its rectification mechanism.

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  1. Juan Carlos Cuevas is in the Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain,

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Cuevas, J. The environment does the trick. Nature Nanotech 10, 486–487 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.98

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