METHOD OF FORMING A SELF-ASSEMBLED MOLECULAR LAYER

摘要

A method includes chemically bonding a polymeric material to a self-assembled molecular film (29) that is chemically bonded to a surface of a substrate (25). The self-assembled molecular film (29) includes one or more defect sites (32) and a plurality of active device molecules (18), each of the plurality of active device molecules (18) including a molecular switching moiety (26) having a self-assembling connecting group (28) at one end of the moiety (26) and a linking group (27) at an opposed end of the moiety (26). The polymeric material chemically bonds to at least some of the linking groups (27) of the plurality of active device molecules (28), causing the formation of the self-assembled molecular layer (30) covering the plurality of active device molecules (18) and the defect site(s) (32).