title: Fabrication of carbon nanotube-molecule-silicon junctions.
abstract: A hybridization strategy for the covalent connection of single wall carbon nanotubes to silicon surfaces via oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s has been demonstrated using an orthogonal bisdiazonium functionalization protocol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, MS 222, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Austen K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Flatt
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D004987:Ethers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D004987:Ethers; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C436384:phenyleneethynylene; D012825:Silicon