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The electronic revolution in the last century was based on the development of devices with a non-linear current vs voltage response. If we want to res-cale our devices at the molecular level to drive a molecular-electronic or a photonic revolution, we need molecular materials with a strongly non- linear behavior. Conjugated electrons, with their non-additive properties, are an obvious source of non-linearity in molecular materials, and conjugated polymers and molecules are among the most promising materials for advanced applications. More generally, the presence of delocalized electrons makes mixed-valence compounds and/or charge transfer (CT) salts good candidates for non-linearity.
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Painelli, A., Del Freo, L., Terenziani, F. (2002). Delocalized Electrons as a Source of Non-Linearity: Electron-Phonon Coupling and Environmental Effects Beyond Perturbation Theory. In: Graja, A., Bułka, B.R., Kajzar, F. (eds) Molecular Low Dimensional and Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Applications. NATO Science Series, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0349-0_11
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