Before revision: However the first breakthrough in the field is considered by many the article by Ratner and Aviram in 1974.Molecular rectifiers Arieh Aviram, Mark A.Ratner, Chemical Physics Letters, 15 November 1974, Pages 277-283 In this article named Molecular Rectifiers, they presented a theoretical calculation of transport through a modified charge-transfer molecule with donor acceptor groups that would allow transport only in one direction, essentially like a semiconductor diode.
After revision: However the first breakthrough in the field is considered by many the article by Aviram and Ratner in 1974.Molecular rectifiers Arieh Aviram, Mark A.Ratner, Chemical Physics Letters, 15 November 1974, Pages 277-283 In this article named Molecular Rectifiers, they presented a theoretical calculation of transport through a modified charge-transfer molecule with donor acceptor groups that would allow transport only in one direction, essentially like a semiconductor diode.