Monolayers circuitry

Zhou C, Nagy G, Walker AV (2005) Toward molecular electronic circuitry selective deposition of metals on patterned self-assembled monolayer surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 127 12160-12161... 

FIGURE 8.72 Patterns used to illustrate requirements for conducting polymer-based circuitry. Dots indicate placement of the probe wires for conductivity measurements. An optical micrograph of this interdigjtated pattern after contact transfer to PDMS. Inherent limitations in self-assembled monolayers (SAM) are presumably responsible for the defects observed. (From Gorman, C.B., Biebuyck, H.A., and Whitesides, G.M., Chem. Mater., 7,526,1995. With permission.)... 

A single monolayer of 21 at 4.2 K was measured first by using conventional electrodes, and next with circuitry designed to detect the inelastic tunneling current due to electron-induced intramolecular vibrations" rectification due to resonance with a molecular orbital, that is, OMT, was detected this was proof that the rectifying current had traversed the molecule." ... 

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