72 results about "Molecular wire" patented technology

A molecular-wire crossbar interconnect for signal routing and communications between a first level and a second level in a molecular-wire crossbar is provided. The molecular wire crossbar comprises a two-dimensional array of a plurality of nanometer-scale switches. Each switch is reconfigurable and self-assembling and comprises a pair of crossed wires which form a junction where one wire crosses another and at least one connector species connecting the pair of crossed wires in the junction. The connector species comprises a bi-stable molecule. Each level comprises at least one group of switches and each group of switches comprises at least one switch, with each group in the first level connected to all other groups in the second level in an all-to-all configuration to provide a scalable, defect-tolerant, fat-tree networking scheme. The primary advantage is ease of fabrication, because an active switch is formed any time two wires cross. This saves tremendously on circuit area (a factor of a few times ten), since no other wires or ancillary devices are needed to operate the switch or store the required configuration. This reduction of the area of a configuration bit and its switch to just the area of two crossing wires is a major advantage in constructing a defect-tolerant interconnect network.

Disclosed is a sensor for sensing the presence of an analyte component without relying on redox mediators. This sensor includes (a) a plurality of conductive polymer strands each having at least a first end and a second end and each aligned in a substantially common orientation; (b) a plurality of molecular recognition headgroups having an affinity for the analyte component and being attached to the first ends of the conductive polymer strands; and (c) an electrode substrate attached to the conductive polymer strands at the second ends. The electrode substrate is capable of reporting to an electronic circuit reception of mobile charge carriers (electrons or holes) from the conductive polymer strands. The electrode substrate may be a photovoltaic diode.

Disclosed is a sensor for sensing the presence of an analyte component without relying on redox mediators. This sensor includes (a) a plurality of conductive polymer strands each having at least a first end and a second end and each aligned in a substantially common orientation; (b) a plurality of molecular recognition headgroups having an affinity for the analyte component and being attached to the first ends of the conductive polymer strands; and (c) an electrode substrate attached to the conductive polymer strands at the second ends. The electrode substrate is capable of reporting to an electronic circuit reception of mobile charge carriers (electrons or holes) from the conductive polymer strands. The electrode substrate may be a photovoltaic diode.

The invention incorporates new processes for the chemical modification of carbon nanotubes. Such processes involve the derivatization of multi- and single-wall carbon nanotubes, including small diameter (ca. 0.7 nm) single-wall carbon nanotubes, with diazonium species. The method allows the chemical attachment of a variety of organic compounds to the side and ends of carbon nanotubes. These chemically modified nanotubes have applications in polymer composite materials, molecular electronic applications, and-sensor devices. The methods of derivatization include electrochemical induced reactions, thermally induced reactions (via in-situ generation of diazonium compounds or pre-formed diazonium compounds), and photochemically induced reactions. The derivatization causes significant changes in the spectroscopic properties of the nanotubes. The estimated degree of functionality is ca. 1 out of every 20 to 30 carbons in a nanotube bearing a functionality moiety. Such electrochemical reduction processes can be adapted to apply site-selective chemical functionalization of nanotubes. Moreover, when modified with suitable chemical groups, the derivatized nanotubes are chemically compatible with a polymer matrix, allowing transfer of the properties of the nanotubes (such as, mechanical strength or electrical conductivity) to the properties of the composite material as a whole. Furthermore, when modified with suitable chemical groups, the groups can be polymerized to form a polymer that includes carbon nanotubes.

A method for configuring any m-to-n multiplexer from a molecular-junction-nanowire crossbar, and m-to-n multiplexers configured according to the disclosed method. In the described embodiments, a complementary/symmetry molecular-junction-nanowire crossbar is employed, with input nanowire signal lines intersecting certain relatively high-voltage narrow nanowires via nFET devices and intersecting grounded nanowires via pFET devices. The relatively high-voltage and grounded nanowires are, in turn, selectively coupled to one or more output nanowire signal lines.

The present invention generally relates to the fabrication of molecular electronics devices from molecular wires and Single Wall Nanotubes (SWNT). In one embodiment, the cutting of a SWNT is achieved by opening a window of small width by lithography patterning of a protective layer on top of the SWNT, followed by applying an oxygen plasma to the exposed SWNT portion. In another embodiment, the gap of a cut SWNT is reconnected by one or more difunctional molecules having appropriate lengths reacting to the functional groups on the cut SWNT ends to form covalent bonds. In another embodiment, the gap of a cut SWNT gap is filled with a self-assembled monolayer from derivatives of novel contorted hexabenzocoranenes. In yet another embodiment, a device based on molecular wire reconnecting a cut SWNT is used as a sensor to detect a biological binding event.

A combined content addressable memory device and memory interface is provided. The combined device and interface includes one or more one molecular wire crossbar memories having spaced-apart key nanowires, spaced-apart value nanowires adjacent to the key nanowires, and configurable switches between the key nanowires and the value nanowires. The combination further includes a key microwire-nanowire grid (key MNG) electrically connected to the spaced-apart key nanowires, and a value microwire-nanowire grid (value MNG) electrically connected to the spaced-apart value nanowires. A key or value MNGs selects multiple nanowires for a given key or value.

Compounds and methods for determining transmembrane potential, monitoring changes in transmembrane potential, and/or drug screening are provided. In one aspect, compounds of the invention have a structure according to the formula: E-M-A, wherein A is a fluorophore, selected from xanthenes, eoumarins, cyanines, bimanes, and difluoroboradizaindacenes, charged at physiological pH; M is a molecular wire; and E is a hydrophobic moiety, wherein A and E are capable of being involved in a photo-induced, intramolecular electron transfer that quenches the fluorescence of A in response to a voltage condition. When in use, compounds of the invention are membrane-impermeant and oriented within the cell membrane such that the charged moiety localizes at the outer leaflet of the lipid bilayer and the hydrophobic moiety and molecular wire associate with the hydrophobic portion of the lipid bilayer. The rate of electron transfer, fluorescence intensity, and quenching are altered in response to changes in transmembrane potential.

The present invention generally relates to the fabrication of molecular electronics devices from molecular wires and Single Wall Nanotubes (SWNT). In one embodiment, the cutting of a SWNT is achieved by opening a window of small width by lithography patterning of a protective layer on top of the SWNT, followed by applying an oxygen plasma to the exposed SWNT portion. In another embodiment, the gap of a cut SWNT is reconnected by one or more difunctional molecules having appropriate lengths reacting to the functional groups on the cut SWNT ends to form covalent bonds. In another embodiment, the gap of a cut SWNT gap is filled with a self-assembled monolayer from derivatives of novel contorted hexabenzocoranenes. In yet another embodiment, a device based on molecular wire reconnected a cut SWNT is used as a sensor to detect a biological binding event.

Disclosed are a compound which works as electronic materials such as a molecular memory, a molecular switch, a molecular rectifier, a molecular wire, and so on, and a molecular electronic device including the same. The compound for molecular electronic device has the structure of following Formula 1,

(M_nRM)_n  <Formula 1>

wherein, R is a single molecule having an electrical conductivity, M is independently a repeating unit constituting a polymer having an electrical conductivity, and n is independently an integer ranging from 100 to 500.

A method for mask-free molecular or atomic patterning of surfaces of reactive solids is disclosed. Molecules adsorb at surfaces in patterns, governed by the structure of the surface, the chemical nature of the adsorbate, and the adsorbate coverage at the surface. The surface is patterned and then imprinted with the pattern by inducing localized chemical reaction between adsorbate molecules and the surface of the solid, resulting in an imprint being formed in the vicinity of the adsorbate molecules. When the imprinted molecular patterns are conjugated chains containing π bonds along which electrical charge can flow the molecular patterns constitute molecular wires or the imprinted molecules constitute a molecular-scale device. The surface of the substrate can be doped by including n- or p-type dopants in the adsorbate molecules. These molecular wires are anchored to the substrate by using conjugated chains which can be chemically bound at intervals along the chains to the substrates.

The invention discloses a 5,10,15,20-tetra-aryl diphenanthrene (9,10-b:9,10-1)-22,24-diseleno porphyrin compound which is obtained by the reaction of phenanthro-pyrrole and 2,5-di(aryl hydroxyl methyl) selenophen under low temperature and catalysis of BF3 Et2O in anaerobic atmosphere. The Soret spectral bands of the compound appear in 521nm, compared with tetraphenyl diseleno porphyrin without conjugated aromatic ring at beta-site, the Soret spectral bands are red shifted by 52nm and enter a green light zone above 500nm. The compound has wide application prospects in such areas as photodynamics therapy photosensitizer, OFETs (organic field effect tubes), molecular antenna, light energy converter, optical conversion material, molecular switch, molecular logic gate, molecular wire, organic solar battery, organic electroluminescence, non-linear optical material, optical storage, molecular identification and medicine and so on.

The invention discloses a hogwash oil identifying method based on volatile matter. The method comprises the following steps of (1) designing a molecular wire array probe; (2) constructing a molecular wire piezoelectric sensor device; (3) analyzing a known sample; (4) extracting feature identifying information; and (5) identifying a sample to be tested: achieving fast identification of hogwash oil by comparing an output feature value with a feature value of the known sample. The hogwash oil identifying method based on the volatile matter has the advantages of being high in sensitivity, fast in detection, convenient to operate, low in cost and the like, and can provide a reliable basis for the law-enforcing department and inspection bodies to perform sampling inspection on quality of oil products.

A programmable logic array (PLA) comprising a two-dimensional array of a plurality of nanometer-scale switches is provided. Each switch comprises a pair of crossed wires which form a junction where one wire crosses another and at least one connector species connecting the pair of crossed wires in the junction. The connector species comprises a bi-stable molecule. A plurality of switches is configurable as an AND gate and a plurality of switches is configurable as an OR gate.

The invention discloses a making method of 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrabenadiphenanthroime [9, 10-b: 9, 10-l]-22, 24-dithioporphyrin compound, which is characterized by the following: reacting phenanthroime pyrrole and 2, 5-di (phenyl hydroxy methyl) thiofuran or 2, 5-di(4-chlorphenyl hydroxy methyl) thiofuran catalyzed by BF3.Et2O under low temperature; displaying 505nm in the Soret band; making the beta-non-aromatic conjugated tetraphenyl-dithioporphyrin move 70nm than red spectrum of Soret and 51nm than middle position-tetraphenyl-2, 3, 12, 13-tetraphenyl-21, 23-dithioporphyrin of lamda max S2TPP; entering into green area over 500nm; fitting for photosensitizer, OFETs, molecular antenna, light-energy switcher, photoelectric switching material, molecular switch, molecular logic door, molecular wire, organic solar energy battery, organic electroluminescent material and non-linear optical material.

The invention discloses a method for preparing 5,10,15,20-tetra-aryl diphenanthrene (9,10-b;9,10-1)-22,24-diseleno porphyrin compound by the reaction of phenanthro-pyrrole and 2,5-di(aryl hydroxyl methyl) selenophen at low temperature with the function of BF3 Et2O under water free and oxygen free condition. The Soret spectral bands of the compound appear in 521nm, compared with tetraphenyl diseleno porphyrin without conjugated aromatic ring at beta-site, the Soret spectral bands are red shifted by 52nm and enter green light zone above 500nm. The compound has wide application prospects in such areas as photodynamics therapy photosensitizer, OFETs (organic field effect tube), molecular antenna, light energy converter, optical conversion material, molecular switch, molecular logic gate, molecular wire, organic solar battery, organic electroluminescence, non-linear optical material, optical storage, molecular identification and medicine and so on.