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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 2008 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
Issue number | 14 |
Volume | 10 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 1859-1866 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
The properties of self-assembled molecules may be tuned by sequentially coupling components on a gold surface, the molecular electronics toolbox of chemically reactive building blocks yielding molecular wires with diode-like current-voltage (I - V) characteristics. The bias for recti. cation in each case is dependent upon the sequence of electron-donating and electron-accepting moieties and similar behaviour has been achieved for four different contacting techniques.