Patent ID: 7202547

Claim:
A capacitor comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a dielectric layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric layer being formed from a monolayer of an organic compound which includes an anchor group, a linker chain and a head group, wherein the anchor group comprises at least one of R—SiCl 3 , R—SiCl 2 -alkyl, R—SiCl(alkyl) 2 , R—Si(OR) 3 , R—Si(OR) 2 -alkyl, R—SiOR(alkyl) 2 , R—PO(OH) 2 , R—CHO, R—CH═CH 2 , R—SH, R—S − , R—COO 31 and R—COSH, the linker chain comprises at least one of —(CH 2 ) n1 — and —(O—CH 2 ) n2 —, where n 1 is from 2 to 2 and n 2 is from 2 to 10, and the head group comprises an aromatic group.