| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9775289 | Materials Science and Engineering: C | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A unimolecular rectifier could be built by combining two molecular sub-units that contain acceptor or donor groups. Porphyrin possesses good electron-donating properties due to its large, easily ionized, Ï-conjugated system. In this study, we propose that a rectifier diode could be created by combining two metal porphyrin molecules containing different metal atoms. This function would realize an effect similar to a p-n junction in a solid-state device. A Zn porphyrin-Ni porphyrin junction in a non-conjugated porphyrin system displays a localization of frontier orbitals that is similar to a rectifier function.
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Authors
Hiroshi Mizuseki, Rodion V. Belosludov, Amir A. Farajian, Nobuaki Igarashi, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe,