Abstract:
A compound for a molecular electronic device is provided to be properly applied to embody a fine molecular electronic device of several tens nano-meter level. A molecular electronic device is provided to show improved coverage characteristic of a molecular active layer formed by self-assembling the compound on an electrode. A compound for a molecular electronic device consists of a porphyrin disulfide compound represented by the formula(6), wherein each R1 and R2 is independently C1-20 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon which may be substituted or unsubstituted by F; each R', R" and R'" is independently pentyl or p-toyl; and M is Zn or Mg. A method for preparing the compound for the molecular electronic device comprises the steps of: (a) reacting a compound of H-CO-R1-Br with sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate and R2-SH in sequence to synthesize a compound of H-CO-R1-S-S-R2; (b) condensating the compound of H-CO-R1-S-S-R2, pyrrole and R-aldehyde; and (c) oxidizing the product obtained from the step(b) using DDQ(2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone), wherein each R1 and R2 is independently C1-20 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon which may be substituted or unsubstituted by F; each R', R" and R'" is independently pentyl or p-toyl. A molecular electronic device comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode formed on the first electrode; a molecular active layer which is interposed between the first and second electrodes and self-assembled on the first electrode, wherein the molecular active layer consists of a mono-molecular layer which is a product obtained by self-assembling the compound for the molecular electronic device on the first electrode using a disulfide group as an anchoring group.
Abstract:
A compound for a molecular electronic device, a method for preparing the compound, and a molecular electronic device using the compound are provided to improve the coverage of a self-assembled molecular monolayer and to allow the thickness of a molecular active layer. A compound for a molecular electronic device comprises a ruthenium-terpyridine disulfide complex represented by the formula 2, wherein R1 and R2 are a C1-C20 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group substituted or unsubstituted with F, respectively. A molecular electronic device comprises a first electrode; a second electrode; and a molecular active layer which is interposed between the two electrodes and has a structure formed by the self-assembling of the compound of the formula 2 on the first electrode.
Abstract:
A compound for a molecular electronic device is provided to be adequately applied to embody a fine molecular electronic device in several tens of nanometer level. A molecular electronic device is provided to prevent the short-circuiting phenomenon caused by poor coverage due to having a molecular active layer with excellent coverage. A compound for a molecular electronic device consists of a ferrocene disulfide compound represented by the formula(1), wherein each R1 and R2 is respectively C1-20 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon which may be substituted or unsubstituted by F. A method for preparing the compound comprises the steps of: (a) subjecting ferrocene to mono-lithiation using tertiary butyl lithium; (b) reacting the mono-lithiated ferrocene with Br(CH2)mBr(m is an integer from 1 to 20) to synthesize a bromoalkyl ferrocene compound(alkyl is (CH2)m); and (c) preparing a ferrocene disulfide compound having a (CH2)m-S-S-(CH2)nCH3 group from the bromoalkyl ferrocene compound using sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate and alkane thiol(alkane is CH3(CH2)n(n is an integer from 1-19)). A molecular electronic device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode formed on the first electrode, and a molecular active layer which is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and is characterized in that the molecular active layer has a structure of the compound for the molecular electronic device being self-assembled at the first electrode.