Creation of Molecular Nanowires without Any Defects by Nano Domino Effect

Abstract

We have succeeded in showing that the initiation and termination of chain polymerization of unsaturated organic molecules can be controlled with a spatial precision of the order of 1 nm using a probe tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. The obtained conjugated polymer nanowire is guaranteed to contain no defect as a reaction product, and is enough long. So that it will become a suitable system for the investigation of basic physics of one dimensional conductor. It will also be useful for fabricating and interconnecting novel molecular nanoelectronic devices.