Our group's research efforts are concerned with the general area of molecular electronics. This diverse and rapidly growing field encompasses the subdisciplines of organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, and materials chemistry, and heavily involves both experimental and theoretical aspects. These new materials are not only scientifically very exciting, but hold the promise of revolutionary impact on the future of the electronics industry. The following is a brief description of our involvement in these areas. An electronic device is a basic element which performs an electronic function.
Electronic devices are the building blocks of all electronic circuitry.
The simple diode , a component which allows current to pass through it only in one direction, is an example of an electronic device. Although quite elementary in its function and construction, the diode is easily the most important single device in today's electronics industry. Almost all other semiconductor devices, from transistors to complex microprocessor chips, are created primarily from diode junctions. At present virtually all diode junctions used in electronics are fabricated from single crystals or crystalline films of conventional semiconductors such as doped silicon or germanium. However, within the past two decades an exciting new class of semiconductor materials have been discovered.