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US 6,673,424 B1Granted
Devices based on molecular electronics
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents
InventorsStuart Lindsay, John Devens Gust, Xiaodong Cui
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Abstract
Molecular electronic devices and method of making molecular electronic devices having a self-assembled ordered insulating molecular electronic film having insulating molecules attached at one end to a first electrode, and conducting device molecules inserted into the insulating molecular electronic film such that the device molecules are attached at the bottom end to a first electrode and the top end to a second electrode are provided.
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A molecular electronic device, consisting of
- a bottom electrode;
- an insulating molecular monolayer disposed on said bottom electrode;
- at least one device-forming molecule with a reactive group at a first end and a reactive group at a second end, the reactive group on the second end being inserted into said insulating molecular monolayer;
- metal particles reacted with said reactive group on the first end of said device-forming molecule;
- and
- a top metal electrode contacted with said metal particles.
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A method of fabricating a molecular electronic device in which
- forming a bottom electrode;
- forming an insulating molecular monolayer on said bottom electrode;
- providing at least one device-forming molecule having a reactive group on a first end and a reactive group on a second end;
- inserting the second end of the at least one device-forming molecule into said insulating molecular monolayer;
- reacting metal particles with said reactive group on the first end of said device-forming molecule;
- and
- contacting a top electrode to said metal particles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.