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US 9,048,188 B2Granted
Semiconductor that has a functionalized surface
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsStephen Maldonado, Jhindan Mukherjee
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AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsStephen Maldonado, Jhindan Mukherjee
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This invention provides a semiconductor having a functionalized surface that is resistant to oxidation and that includes a plurality of atoms of a Group III element bonded to organic groups. The functionalized surface has less than or equal to about 1 atom of the Group III element bonded to an oxygen atom per every 1,000 atoms of the Group III element bonded to the organic groups, as determined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. This invention also provides a method of functionalizing the surface and includes the step of halogenating at least one of the plurality of atoms of the Group III element to form halogenated Group III element atoms. The method also includes the step of reacting at least one of the halogenated Group III element atoms with a Grignard reagent to form a bond between the at least one Group III element atom and the organic groups.
A semiconductor that has a functionalized surface that is resistant to oxidation, said functionalized surface comprising a plurality of atoms of a Group III element bonded to organic groups with said functionalized surface formed by reacting said plurality of atoms of said Group III element with a halogenating agent to bond a halogen atom to said plurality of atoms of said Group III element to form halogenated Group III atoms and reacting said halogenated Group III atoms with a Grignard reagent to bond said organic groups to said plurality of atoms of said Group III element, wherein said functionalized surface has less than or equal to about 1 atom of said Group III element bonded to an oxygen atom per every 1,000 atoms of said Group III element bonded to said organic groups, as determined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
A method of functionalizing a surface of a semiconductor to resist oxidation, wherein the surface comprises a plurality of atoms of a Group III element bonded to organic groups after functionalization of the surface, said method comprising the steps of:
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