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Scanning Tunneling Microscopy studies of nanowires and nanoswitches built from organic molecules

Objectif

The fabrication of conventional microchips is today close to reaching its lower limits concerning the possible minimization of electric circuits by standard lithographic methods on silicon, a fact referred to as \andquot; the end of the silicon road\unquote; To further decrease the size of microelectronic circuits and therewith increase the density of logicalunits per chip new ways have to be found to build smaller devices. The greatest prospect for succeeding in this task lies in Nan electronics, where the basic logical units are formed of scale-scale objects. One possibility is tousle-interconnected molecules adsorbed on surfaces for such nanodevices. Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy and Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy at low temperature will be performed inorganic molecules to better understand their arrangement on the surface, possible template creation and the connection to the surface as well as the conduction through the molecule when assembled into nanowires. Furthermore, vibration spectroscopy shall be used to investigate the switching behaviour of molecules and allow better judgement whether they are suited for future electronic components. Nanoscience is a young and very promising field due to the expected future applications in Nan technology. The shaping of these research fields is a great challenge both to the European Community, which assumes coordinating role, and the individual researcher, who works at the frontier of current knowledge. After the two years of the proposed project, the expertise in Nan science of the research fellow will be greatly expanded, leaving her with bright prospects for a future career. The new input that parties, host and researcher, will gain from each other will be stimulating to the advancement of the field.

Appel à propositions

FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5
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UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS
Contribution de l’UE
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Adresse
Nordre Ringgade 1
AARHUS C
Danemark

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