Design and Synthesis of Aviram–Ratner-Type Dyads and Rectification Studies in Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) Films

This work was supported by the ERC Advanced grant no.246637 (“OPTELOMAC”) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). A.D.F.acknowledges the NSF-IRFP (USA) for a postdoctoral fellowship. S.M. and P.C. are grateful for financial assistance from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion from Spainin the framework of grants CTQ2012-33198 and CTQ2013-50187-EXP.