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Cover Picture: Integrating Reaction Chemistry into Molecular Electronic Devices (Chem. Asian J. 5/2010)
Author(s) -
Shen Qian,
Guo Xuefeng,
Steigerwald Michael L.,
Nuckolls Colin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201090013
Subject(s) - dendrimer , nanotechnology , electron transfer , fabrication , chemistry , materials science , photochemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
It's all in the wiring … … when it comes to the design and fabrication of new families of molecular electronic devices. In their Focus Review on page 1040 ff. , X. Guo, C. Nuckolls et al. describe how reaction chemistry is an efficient means for covalently bridging the nanogaps between separated contacts for molecular devices. In each case, ever‐reducing top‐down device fabrication existing in the silicon‐based semiconductor industry is tailored to meet the requirements of ever‐expanding length scales of bottom‐up assembly. The combination of directed self‐assembly and programmed chemical reactions with device fabrication allows researchers to modify the electrodes and then to complete electrical circuits by chemically connecting the electrodes.