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Ashwell GJ, Moczko K, Sujka M, Chwialkowska A, Hermann High LR, Sandman DJ. Molecular diodes and ultra-thin organic rectifying junctions: Au–S–C nH 2n–Q3CNQ and TCNQ derivatives. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2007; 9:996-1002. [PMID: 17301890 DOI: 10.1039/b616607e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Attempts to obtain derivatives of the molecular diode, 2-{4-[1-cyano-2-(1-(omega-acetylsulfanylalkyl)-1H-quinolin-4-ylidene)-ethylidene]-cyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene}-malonitrile [1, CH(3)CO-S-C(n)H(2n)-Q3CNQ], from either 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TCNQF(4)) or 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TMTCNQ) result in ring closure via the cyano group of the pi-bridge and yield di-substituted analogues: 2-{2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-[6-(10-acetylsulfanyldecyl)-3-(1-(10-acetylsulfanyldecyl)-1H-quinolin-4-ylidenemethyl)-6H-benzo[f][1,7]naphthyridin-2-ylidene]-cyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene}-malonitrile (2a) and the 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl derivative (2b). Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of these donor-(pi-bridge)-acceptor molecular diodes exhibit asymmetric current-voltage characteristics with electron flow at forward bias from the top contact to surface C(CN)(2) groups. Comparison is made with I-V curves from ultra-thin films of an organic rectifying junction in which TCNQ(-) is electron-donating and a donor-(sigma-bridge)-acceptor diode in which TCNQ degrees is electron-accepting.
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- Geoffrey J Ashwell
- The Nanomaterials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK.
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Szablewski M, Thomas PR, Thornton A, Bloor D, Cross GH, Cole JM, Howard JAK, Malagoli M, Meyers F, Brédas JL, Wenseleers W, Goovaerts E. Highly Dipolar, Optically Nonlinear Adducts of Tetracyano-p-quinodimethane: Synthesis, Physical Characterization, and Theoretical Aspects. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja963923w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marek Szablewski
- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Contribution from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K., Service de Chimie des Materiaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Physics Department, University of Antwerp-UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium, and The Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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