Inorganic semiconductors have long been used to construct rectifying diodes, but making them out of single molecules has remained a challenge. Now, two separate studies have induced rectification behaviour within molecular systems through different approaches.
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Janes, D. Rectifying current behaviours. Nature Chem 1, 601–603 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.429
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