Ongoing Research Projects

Frontier Carbon Materials • Nanowires, Nanobelts, and Novel Nanostructures • Molecular Electronics • Chemical and Biological Sensors • Wide Band Gap Crystals

Molecular Electronics

Molecular electronics are conceivably the ultimate approach for achieving ultra-high density electronic devices. This area of research is both promising and challenging. The use of molecules as the active switching and rectifying components will make even nanotubes and nanowires seems big. However, as attempts to assemble such molecular electronic devices proceed, it has become apparent that several critical issues involving molecular conductance, as well as the fundamental relation between molecular structure and measured nonlinear electronic behavior, need to be comprehensively understood. The assembly of reliable molecular electronic devices is practically intriguing and challenging. We are now focusing on novel fabrication approaches to overcome some of these fundamental obstacles for realizing functional molecular electronic devices.

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