Self-Assembly of Nanophotonic Materials and Device Structures
Tobin J. Marks*
Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208-3113 USA
This is an abstract
for a presentation given at the
11th
Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
Self-limiting, layer-by-layer siloxane chemisorption offers the possibility of constructing, with nanoscale precision, robust, conformally adherent, optically functional, interlinked molecular assemblies composed of microstructurally and photophysically well-defined building blocks. We discuss here the implementation of such strategies for the fabrication and sub-µm patterning of organic electro-optic and emissive structures. In the electro-optic area, we report: i) efficient, automatable routes to very large electro-optic response self-assembled superlattices, ii) a new way to tune the refractive indices of such materials, iii) fabrication and properties of the first self-assembled electro-optic light modulators. In the light-emitting diode (OLED/PLED) area, we report: i) electrode passivation and charge injection balance control, ii) elucidation of matrix order vs. disorder effects on transport, iii) interfacial electrode-organic cohesion effects on injection efficiency and device robustness, iv) fabrication of functional nanodiodes having dimensions on the order of 40 nm, v) superior characteristics of new high-work function alternatives to ITO.
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*Corresponding Address:
Tobin J. Marks
Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-3113 USA
Phone: 847-491-5658 Fax: 847-491-2990
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/~marks
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