Beyond the limits of conventional electronics: stable organic molecular nanowires
(WorldNews Japan)

Scientists at Tokyo Tech created the first thermally stable organic molecular nanowire devices using a single 4.5-nm-long molecule placed inside electroless gold-plated nanogap electrodes. Figure 1.The COPV6(SH)2 molecule and how it binds with the ELGP nanogap. (a) Molecular structure of the COPV6(SH)2 molecule. (b) Top and cross-sectional views of an ELGP nanogap electrode. (c) Different ways in which the molecule binds with the nanogap. The thermally stable device is obtained when the first type of binding (SAuSH) occurs. The traditional methods and materials used for the fabrication of modern integrated circuits are close to reaching (or have probably already reached) their ultimate...