Ultrathin Film Molecular Electronic Materials: Self-Organizing Discotic Mesophases and Organic Heterojunctions

阿姆斯特朗教授在分析和表面化学计划的支持下，正在研究用于分子电子器件的超薄分子材料。阿姆斯特朗与他在亚利桑那大学的同事一起，正在研究用于二极管、晶体管和光伏应用的酞菁层的电学性质。他们正在研究新型盘状中间相有机材料的电学性质和自组织行为。在纳米尺度上对这些材料的了解对分子电子器件的发展至关重要，接受过这项研究的学生将对这个不断增长的行业具有重要价值。亚利桑那大学的阿姆斯特朗小组正在利用电学性能测量、扫描显微镜研究和光谱表征，对各种薄层分子材料进行研究。了解这些新型分子体系的结构和电子性质对于发展分子尺度的电子器件是至关重要的。

AbstractCHE-0517963Armstrong/ArizonaProfessor Armstrong, with the support of the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program, is characterizing ultra-thin molecular materials for use in molecular electronic devices. Along with his colleagues at the University of Arizona, Armstrong is examining the electrical properties of phthalocyanine layers for use in diode, transistor, and photovoltaic applications. They are studying electrical properties and self-organizing behavior of novel discotic mesophase organic materials. The understanding of these materials at the nano-scale is crucial to the development of molecular electronic devices, and students trained in this research will be of great value to this growing industry. Using electrical property measurements, scanning microscope studies, and spectroscopic characterization, a wide range of thin layer molecular materials are being examined by the Armstrong group at the University of Arizona. An understanding of the structural and electronic properties of these novel molecular systems will be essential for the development of molecular scale electronic devices.