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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2001
Applicants:

David F. Bocian, Riverside, CA (US);

Werner G. Kuhr, Oak Hills, CA (US);

Jonathan S. Lindsey, Raleigh, NC (US);

Rajeeve Balkrishna Dabke, Columbus, OH (US);

Zhiming Liu, Riverside, CA (US);

Inventors:

David F. Bocian, Riverside, CA (US);

Werner G. Kuhr, Oak Hills, CA (US);

Jonathan S. Lindsey, Raleigh, NC (US);

Rajeeve Balkrishna Dabke, Columbus, OH (US);

Zhiming Liu, Riverside, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This invention provides a new method of forming a self-assembling monolayer (SAM) of alcohol-terminated or thiol-terminated organic molecules (e.g. ferrocenes, porphyrins, etc.) on a silicon or other group IV element surface. The assembly is based on the formation of an E-O— or an E-S— bond where E is the group IV element (e.g. Si, Ge, etc.). The procedure has been successfully used on both P- and n-type group IV element surfaces. The assemblies are stable under ambient conditions and can be exposed to repeated electrochemical cycling.


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