Nanofabrication of Organic (Plastic) Semiconductor and Superconductor Devices

有机晶体和薄膜是已知的第一个显示所有四种导电状态的材料——绝缘体、半导体、金属和超导体。其他特性，如自组装、生物相容性、对特性的分子水平控制和灵活性，使它们在未来的工业应用中具有非凡的前景。我们将制造有机晶体管，并对其电学和磁学特性进行详细的研究，以对这些新材料有一个基本的了解。最重要的是，我们将首次使用基于原子力显微镜的氧化光刻技术来制造纳米级量子器件，利用单一材料的全范围导电。

Organic crystals and thin-films are the first known materials to display all four regimes of electrical conduction - insulator, semiconductor, metal and superconductor. Additional properties such as self-assembly, biocompatibility, molecular level control over properties and flexibility give them exceptional prospects for future industrial applications. We will fabricate organic transistors and conduct detailed investigations of their electrical and magnetic properties to develop a fundamental understanding of these new materials. Most significantly, we will make the first use of an atomic force microscope-based oxidation lithography technique to fabricate nanoscale quantum devices that exploit the full range of conduction in a single material.