Initiation and Ordering of Polymers for Electronic and Photonic Applications with Nanometer-Scale Saturable Templates and Probe Microscopy

这项研究将把分子模板技术与探针显微镜相结合，用于电子和光子应用的低聚物和聚合物材料的化学合成和排序。在这项研究中有三项截然不同的任务。第一个是研究由探针尖端和衬底之间的受限放电引发的合成反应。第二是开发通过化学插入和结合在尖锐的探针尖端之间定向单一导电低聚物的程序。第三，研究了高度有序的热解石墨上的单层台阶作为生长高度有序的一维聚合物的机会的化学模板。

This research will apply molecular template techniques in concert with probe microscopy to the chemical synthesis and ordering of oligomeric and polymeric materials for electronic and photonic applications. There are three distinct tasks within the research. First is the study of synthetic reactions initiated by a confined electric discharge between a probe tip and substrate. Second is the development of procedures for orienting a single conducting oligomer between sharp probe tips by chemical insertion and binding. Third is the investigation of single-layer ledges on highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite as chemical templates of opportunity for the growth of highly ordered one-dimensional polymers.