Junctions comprising molecular bilayers for the use in electronic devices

US8691392B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Jurina Wessels · Stuttgart, DE
• Florian Von Wrochem · Stuttgart, DE
• Bjoern Luessem · Dresden, DE
• Deqing Gao · Stuttgart, DE
• Heinz-Georg Nothofer · Stuttgart, DE
• William Ford · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31678
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to asymmetric molecular bilayers for the use in the junctions of electronic devices, such as crossbar junctions, comprising the general structure ET-MT( )MB-EB, wherein ET and EB denote a top and a bottom electrode, MT and MB represent functional molecules both forming a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on said top or bottom electrode, and the symbol ( ) denotes a non-covalent interaction between the two monolayers, resulting in a molecular bilayer, sandwiched between the two electrodes. The electrodes are solid state electrodes and stationary with respect to each other. The present invention also relates to a method of producing such assemblies.