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

本研究将把分子模板技术与探针显微镜相结合，应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。研究中有三个不同的任务。首先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。其次是通过化学插入和结合在尖锐探针尖端之间定向单个导电低聚物的程序的发展。第三是研究高有序热解石墨上的单层壁架作为生长高有序一维聚合物的化学模板。

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.