Patent ID: 8120018

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode, the electrodes opposing one another across a gap defined therebetween; a first semiconductor molecule having a first end and an opposing second end; a second semiconductor molecule having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end of the first semiconductor molecule is bonded to the first electrode and the first end of the second molecule is bonded to the second electrode; and a conductor disposed in the gap and electrically connected to the second end of the first semiconductor molecule and the second end of the second semiconductor molecule, wherein the conductivity between the opposing electrodes is substantially determined by the conductivity of the semiconductor molecules that are electrically connected to the conductor, wherein the conductor is formed through alternate binding between a fine particle composed of a conductor or a semiconductor and a linker molecule, and the adjacent fine particles are connected to each other by the linker molecule via a functional group present at both ends thereof, thereby forming a conductive route of a network type.