title: The potential of molecular self-assembled monolayers in organic electronic devices.
abstract: Functionalized molecules that organize to self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are gaining importance in organic electronic devices. They are fully compatible with flexible substrates, are amenable to low-cost processing, and show reliable film-forming behavior. Highly integrated devices, such as sensor arrays or memories, have also been demonstrated. Starting from auxiliary layers, which improve and modify surfaces and interfaces in traditional thin-film devices, the applications of SAMs develop towards molecular scale electronics, including active molecular device layers and multifunctional SAMs, which fulfill several layer functions of a device within one monolayer. Mixed SAMs make new and tunable device features possible, by stoichiometric control of the composition of different SAM-forming molecules.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halik
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D063065:Organophosphonates / Q000737:chemistry; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D037741:Fullerenes; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D063065:Organophosphonates; C069837:fullerene C60