Molecular ribbons
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Semiconductor Science and Technology
- Vol. 13 (12), 1347-1353
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/13/12/004
Abstract
Self-assembly of molecular wires presents an exciting approach to the problem of interconnecting electronic devices. However, a central difficulty with this concept is the huge size mismatch between a molecule and an electronic device. One way around this problem is to link together a chain of 1-5 nm size metallic clusters electronically with short ( nm) molecular wires to form what we call a `molecular ribbon'. In this paper we review some of the work on (1) measuring and interpreting the resistance of a class of molecular wires and (2) using these wires to connect metallic nanoclusters to form a ribbon. We then present a possible scheme by which molecular ribbons could be used to generate a useful interconnection network. This scheme is very speculative in nature, but it provides a concrete example of how the directed self-assembly of molecular nanostructures can be relevant to semiconductor technology.Keywords
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