title: Fabrication of conducting polymer interconnects.
abstract: A nonmechanical approach to the construction of complex three-dimensional interconnect arrays has been developed with the use of conducting polymer dendrites. Electrically independent connections between pairs of wires in an array were successfully grown through alternating-current electrochemical polymerization of poly(3-methylthiophene), without mechanical or optical masking steps. The electrically active links were insulated by subsequent electropolymerization of 4-vinylpyridine or 2-methylthiophene or by the dip-coating of the connections in a polystyrene solution.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sailor