Patent ID: 8691392

Claim:
A junction comprising a bilayer of two different functional molecules M B and M T , sandwiched between a bottom electrode (E B ) and a top electrode (E T ), wherein at least one of said functional molecules M B and M T contains a conjugated (π) system; said electrodes E B and E T are solid state electrodes and stationary with respect to each other; and said junction is formed by depositing a self-assembled monolayer of said functional molecule M B on said electrode E B , depositing a self-assembled monolayer of said functional molecule M T on said electrode E T , and bringing said two self-assembled monolayers in contact with each other; wherein said self-assembled monolayer of said functional molecule M B is chemically bound to said electrode E B , and said self-assembled monolayer of said functional molecule M T is chemically bound to said electrode E T , and wherein said two self-assembled monolayers contact each other at their interface through non-covalent interactions.