Method of forming a polymer molecule chain
AssigneesJapan Science and Technology Corporation, Riken
InventorsYuji Okawa, Masakazu Aono
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of forming a polymer chain of a desired length in a thin film comprising a monomer having a multiple bond in a desired position. This invention is a method of polymerizing a monomer to form the polymer chain by applying a pulse voltage to the thin film comprising the monomer having a multiple bond in a desired position. The polymer chain may be polymerized to a desired length in a desired position. The pulse voltage, may be applied using the probe of a scanning tunnel microscope. The length of the monomer may be controlled using a defect formed on the above-mentioned thin film as an end point of the polymer chain.
Claims21
A method of polymerizing a group of adjacent monomers to form a polymer chain by applying a pulse voltage to at least one point of a thin film comprising a monomer having multiple bonds arranged so that unsaturated bonds are adjacent to each other.
A method of polymerizing a monomer to form a polymer chain comprising forming a thin film of the monomer on a substrate such that at least one group of monomer molecules is aligned in a row ouch that multiple bonds on adjacent monomers within the group are adjacent to each other and separated by a distance of 10 Å or less, and applying a pulse voltage to a point in the row of aligned monomer molecules to polymerize the monomer molecules in said row to form a polymer chain.
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