Hierarchical assembly for molecular electronics

Jennifer Ayres; Brandon Walker; Kusum L. Chandra; Diana Stefanescu; Changwoong Chu; Gregory Parsons; Christopher Gorman

doi:10.1117/12.631215

12 November 2005 Hierarchical assembly for molecular electronics

Jennifer Ayres, Brandon Walker, Kusum L. Chandra, Diana Stefanescu, Changwoong Chu, Gregory Parsons, Christopher Gorman

Proceedings Volume 6003, Nanostructure Integration Techniques for Manufacturable Devices, Circuits, and Systems: Interfaces, Interconnects, and Nanosystems; 60030J (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631215
Event: Optics East 2005, 2005, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Miniaturizing electronic devices to the molecular scale is the next major step in the electronics revolution. To do this, however, three major unsolved challenges must be overcome. These are: (1) Synthesis of new molecules with functionality that allows them to act as nonlinear electronic elements and to attach them in a specific orientation to contact structures (2) Bridging the molecular (created via bottom-up fabrication) with the lithographic (created via top- down fabrication) length scales for device construction and (3) definition of new lithographic approaches that accommodate molecular installation during processing. Here, an approach and its implementation will be discussed that addresses each of these issues. In addition, the approach is designed to facilitate the demonstration of gain at the molecular level which can result from a state change within the molecular architecture rather than as the response of a molecule to a change in bias of an underlying (macroscopic) gate electrode.

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Jennifer Ayres, Brandon Walker, Kusum L. Chandra, Diana Stefanescu, Changwoong Chu, Gregory Parsons, and Christopher Gorman "Hierarchical assembly for molecular electronics", Proc. SPIE 6003, Nanostructure Integration Techniques for Manufacturable Devices, Circuits, and Systems: Interfaces, Interconnects, and Nanosystems, 60030J (12 November 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631215

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