The I–V Characteristics of acetylacetone Nano-Molecular Wire Induced by Hydrogen Transfer

With the getting smaller of traditional electron devices and the advancement of nanotechnology and microfabrication, using molecules as components in atomic-scale circuits has become an attractive field and nanomaterials have become one of the most dazzling stars in the twenty-first century. β-Dicarbonyl compounds, with at least one a-hydrogen, are capable to display a keto–enol tautomerism as illustrated in Fig. 1. The cis-enol forms of β-dicarbonyl compounds are engaged in an IHB system and stabilized in a six-membered chelated ring [1–3]. The β-diketone compounds with at least one α-hydrogen are capable to display keto-enol tautomerism.