Greatly improved rectification by molecular diodes

社会已经从微技术中看到了巨大的好处，它使我们认为理所当然的大多数设备成为可能。利用现有技术实现微型化的极限正在迅速达到，下一个阶段是纳米技术领域。分子电子学领域的目标是达到电子元件由单分子或单分子层组成的地步。在这个领域中，最小的有源元件是分子二极管，这个项目的重点是实现分子二极管的实际性能，这是实现小型化的关键的第一步，远远超过了现在的任何可能。

Society has already seen dramatic benefits from microtechnology, which has made possible most of the devices that we take for granted. The limits of miniaturisation using current technology are rapidly being reached, and the next stage is in the realm of nanotechnology. The goal of the field known as molecular electronics is to reach the point where electronic components are composed of single molecules or single molecular layers. In this field the smallest active component is the molecular diode, and this project is focussed on achieving practical performance from molecular diodes, as a crucial first step in achieving miniaturisation far beyond anything now possible.