Aromatic and aromatic/heteroaromatic molecular structures with controllable electron conducting properties
View Patent ↗Aromatic and aromatic/heteroaromatic molecular structures with controllable electron conducting properties are derived from the incorporation of electron active substituents in selective positions.
1. A molecular based memory system, molecular wire, or molecular switch, comprising a molecule selected from the group consisting of
2. A process of synthesizing a supramolecular structure comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a conducting molecule of claim 1 ;
(b) providing a suitable substrate;
(c) contacting the conducting molecule of (a) with the substrate of (b) wherein the conducting molecule is immobilized on the substrate;
(d) contacting the immobilized conducting molecule of (c) with a redox or photochemical reagent under conditions wherein the immobilized conducting molecule is activated; and
(e) contacting the activated conducting molecule with the conducting molecule of step (a) wherein molecular addition takes place and a supramolecular structure is formed.
3. A process according to claim 2 wherein steps (d) and (e) are optionally repeated.
4. A process according to claim 2 wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of silicon wafers, synthetic polymer supports, glass, agarose, nitrocellulose, nylon, nickel grids or disks, carbon supports, aminosilane-treated silica, polylysine coated glass, mica, and semiconductors.
5. A supramolecular structure synthesized by the process of claim 2 .
6. A sensor comprising a supramolecular structure synthesized by the process of claim 2 .