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ACS Nano. 2013 Dec 23;7(12):11427-34. doi: 10.1021/nn405488n. Epub 2013 Dec 02.

Region-selective self-assembly of functionalized carbon allotropes from solution.

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Zhenxing Wang, Saeideh Mohammadzadeh, Thomas Schmaltz, Johannes Kirschner, Artoem Khassanov, Siegfried Eigler, Udo Mundloch, Claudia Backes, Hans-Georg Steinrück, Andreas Magerl, Frank Hauke, Andreas Hirsch, Marcus Halik

Affiliations

  1. Organic Materials & Devices (OMD), Institute of Polymer Materials, University Erlangen-Nürnberg , Martensstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 24274682 DOI: 10.1021/nn405488n

Abstract

Approaches for the selective self-assembly of functionalized carbon allotropes from solution are developed and validated for 0D-fullerenes, 1D-carbon nanotubes and 2D-graphene. By choosing the right molecular interaction of self-assembled monolayers (serving the surface) with the functionalization features of carbon materials, which provide the solubility but also serve the driving force for assembly, we demonstrate a region-selective and self-terminating assembly of the materials. Active layers of the carbon allotropes can be selectively deposited in the channel region of thin-film transistor (TFT) devices by this approach. As an example for a 0D system, molecules of C60 functionalized octadecylphosphonic acids are used to realize self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs) based on a selective molecular exchange reaction of stearic acid in the channel region. For noncovalently functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and graphene oxide (GO) flakes, the electrostatic Coulomb interactions between the functional groups of the carbon allotropes and the charged head groups of a SAM dielectric layer are utilized to implement the selective deposition.

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