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Organic materials of D-π-A type MR-X (MR-1: p-dimethylaminophenylethenetrica-rbonitrile and MR-2: p-diphenylaminophenylethene tricarbonitrile) were designed and synthesized. The device with a sandwich structure shows good rectificative phenomena. The highest rectification ratio 10000 was achieved in device Cu/MR-1/Ag, and about 100 in other device M/MR-X/M (M: Cu, Ag). It has been found that rectificative phenomena exist only in the atmosphere-liquid interface region by means of liquid adsorption, and electric field could help form the oriented molecular film.
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Translated from Journal of Fudan University (Natural Science), 2005, 44(4) (in Chinese)
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Lan, B., Liu, C., Yin, X. et al. A new molecular rectifier device and some research in its processing. Front. Chem. China 1, 296–299 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11458-006-0027-x
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