Seed: Synthetic Development of Novel Organic Electron Transport Materials @ Northwestern University
Research Fields: | Synthesis / Processing |
This seed project synthesizes and evaluates materials for potential use in molecular electronics. This work also uses synthesis to address how molecular structure can control electron transport and function. Focus is directed towards compounds that contain conjugated electron donating and electron withdrawing substituents in their molecular architecture. Appropriate installation of thiol or olefin linkers on these synthetically sophisticated electronic scaffolds allows for appendage of the molecules to gold or silicon surfaces. In collaboration, electronic properties of these molecules will be studied using a custom - built low temperature ultra high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope. Vibration information under current flow will be measured using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.