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Light-Induced Enhancement of Rectification by Monolayer of Hexadecylquinolinium Tricyanoquinodimethanide Between Al Electrodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Tao Xu
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336
Robert M. Metzger
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Molecular Electronics, Chemistry Department, The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336
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Abstract

Photoinduced changes in electrical rectification were measured for a 5-layer Langmuir-Blodgett multilayer of hexadecylquinolinium tricyanoquinodimethanide, sandwiched between opaque and semitransparent Al electrodes, as a function of bias and wavelength. The current increases with the light intensity, but this may be simply due to heating of the sample, rather than to a photon-induced enhancement of the rectification.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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