A New Type of In Situ Single-Molecule Rectifier

Electrochemical nanojunctions: A theory of direct elastic electron tunneling under the potential barrier formed by a long molecule that is confined between two metallic electrodes in electrolyte solution is presented. This theory predicts a strong asymmetry of the dependence of the tunnel current on...

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Published inChemphyschem Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 1036 - 1040
Main Authors Kornyshev, Alexei A., Kuznetsov, Alexander M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 12.05.2006
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Subjects
charge transport
conducting materials
electrochemistry
electron tunneling
single-molecule studies
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Summary:Electrochemical nanojunctions: A theory of direct elastic electron tunneling under the potential barrier formed by a long molecule that is confined between two metallic electrodes in electrolyte solution is presented. This theory predicts a strong asymmetry of the dependence of the tunnel current on the electrode potentials which is due to the screening of the electric potential in the tunnel gap by the ions of the electrolyte.
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ISSN:1439-4235
1439-7641
DOI:10.1002/cphc.200500685