Organic Synthesis and Device Testing for iVIolecular Electronics

摘要

The rapidly developing field of ultra-small electronics is one of the driving forces behind the interest in the synthesis of new molecules as candidates for molecular electronics.'"* Molecular electronics is of interest because standard fabrication methods are hitting limits in scaling.We have covered,in other reviews,some of the syntheses of these molecules as well as the large body of work on the theoretical aspects of molecular conduction.''However,the limitations of the present"top-down"method of producing semiconductor-based devices have been the subject of debate and conjecture since Gordon Moore's prediction in 1965 that the number of components per integrated circuit would double every 18 months.