Nanoscale control of chain polymerization

Yuji Okawa () and Masakazu Aono
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Yuji Okawa: Surface and Interface Laboratory, RIKEN
Masakazu Aono: Surface and Interface Laboratory, RIKEN

Nature, 2001, vol. 409, issue 6821, 683-684

Abstract: Abstract Polymer industries depend on the spontaneous polymerization of molecules into chains in response to an appropriate trigger. We have succeeded in inducing and guiding chain polymerization over tiny distances, initiating and terminating linear propagation at any chosen point to a spatial precision of about 1 nm by using the probe tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope. Being able to exert such fine control over nanoscale fabrication and interconnection should help to take molecular nanoelectronics beyond the present silicon-based-device technology.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1038/35055625

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