title: Unidirectional current in a polyacetylene hetero-ionic junction.
abstract: Unidirectional electronic current is reported for a device based on the interface between an anionically functionalized and a cationically functionalized polyacetylene. The unidirectional current in this mixed ionically/electronically conducting system is electronic but is regulated by asymmetry in the ionic processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Materials Science Institute, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA.
authors.forename: Calvin H W
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Shannon W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Boettcher
authors.forename: Dean H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Mark C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lonergan