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Unimolecular rectifiers and prospects for other unimolecular electronic devices
Author(s) -
Metzger Robert M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the chemical record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1528-0691
pISSN - 1527-8999
DOI - 10.1002/tcr.20015
Subject(s) - iodide , fullerene , derivative (finance) , molecule , chemistry , sulfoxide , nanotechnology , electrical conductor , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , engineering physics , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , financial economics , economics
Abstract We briefly review the progress towards useful one‐molecule electronic devices, toward the ultimate reduction in integrated circuit sizes, and then describe five unimolecular rectifiers, or one‐way conductors of electrical current: γ‐hexadecylquinolinium tricyanoquinodimethanide, an acetyl sulfoxide derivative of this compound, 2,6‐di[dibutylamino‐phenylvinyl]‐1‐butylpyridinium iodide, dimethylanilino‐aza[C60]fullerene, and a new fullerene derivative. © 2004 The Japan Chemical Journal Forum and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Chem Rec 4: 291–304; 2004: Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ) DOI 10.1002/tcr.20015