Self-assembling /spl pi/-conjugated oligothiophenes for nanoelectronics: from organized molecular wires to macrocyclic circuits

Author

Mena-Osteritz, Elena ; Fuhrmann, Gerda ; Kaiser, Achim ; Bäuerle, Peter

Author_Institution

Abt. Organsiche Chem. II, Ulm Univ., Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

21-24 Oct. 2001

Firstpage

60

Abstract

Since conjugated oligomers and polymers can be considered as ´molecular wires´ and building blocks for ´molecular´ or ´nano-electronics´, we will describe their self-assembling behaviour which was investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Furthermore, the self-assembling properties of novel macrocycles are reported. 2D- and 3D-structural characterizations provide intriguing self-organization properties.

Keywords

molecular electronics; organic semiconductors; scanning tunnelling microscopy; self-assembly; /spl pi/-conjugated oligothiophene; 2D structure; 3D structure; conjugated oligomer; macrocyclic circuit; molecular electronics; molecular wire; nano-electronics; scanning tunneling microscopy; self-assembly; self-organization; Charge carriers; Circuits; FETs; Light emitting diodes; Nanoelectronics; OFETs; Self-assembly; Semiconductivity; Semiconductor materials; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics, 2001. First International IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Potsdam, Germany

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7220-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/POLYTR.2001.973257

Filename

973257