Matthew K Myers

US Patent:

20070292601, Dec 20, 2007

Filed:

Dec 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/566437

Inventors:

Colin Nuckolls - New York NY, US
Xuefeng Guo - New York NY, US
Philip Kim - New York NY, US
Shengxiong Xiao - New York NY, US
Matthew Myers - New York NY, US

International Classification:

B05D 5/12
C07C 15/20
C07C 43/20
C07C 53/44

US Classification:

427058000, 562853000, 568633000, 585026000

Abstract:

The present invention generally relates to the fabrication of molecular electronics devices from molecular wires and Single Wall Nanotubes (SWNT). In one embodiment, the cutting of a SWNT is achieved by opening a window of small width by lithography patterning of a protective layer on top of the SWNT, followed by applying an oxygen plasma to the exposed SWNT portion. In another embodiment, the gap of a cut SWNT is reconnected by one or more difunctional molecules having appropriate lengths reacting to the functional groups on the cut SWNT ends to form covalent bonds. In another embodiment, the gap of a cut SWNT gap is filled with a self-assembled monolayer from derivatives of novel contorted hexabenzocoranenes. In yet another embodiment, a device based on molecular wire reconnected a cut SWNT is used as a sensor to detect a biological binding event.