Organic Quantum-Confined Structures through Molecular Layer Epitaxy

Vladimir Burtman; Alexander Zelichenok; Shlomo Yitzchaik

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990712)38:13/14<2041::AID-ANIE2041>3.0.CO;2-H

Organic Quantum-Confined Structures through Molecular Layer Epitaxy

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Jul 12;38(13-14):2041-2045. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990712)38:13/14<2041::AID-ANIE2041>3.0.CO;2-H.

Authors

Vladimir Burtman¹, Alexander Zelichenok¹, Shlomo Yitzchaik¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 (Israel), Fax: (+972) 2-6585319.

Abstract

A new approach, molecular layer epitaxy (MLE), is introduced for the vapor-phase assembly of organic multilayers integrated in molecular electronic devices. The MLE approach uses carrier gas assisted epitaxial deposition, covalent bonding, and horizontal π stacking in a pulsed mode for layer-by-layer growth of 1,8:4,5-naphthalenetetracarbodiimide with a hexamethylene spacer (shown schematically).

Keywords: Luminescence; Molecular devices; Monolayers; Stacking interactions; Surface chemistry.