Patent ID: 7880165

Claim:
A molecular electronic device comprising: a first electrode; a functional molecular active layer, self-assembled on the first electrode, including an electroactive functional group having a cyclic compound; and a second electrode, disposed on the functional molecular active layer, the second electrode including a conductive polymer electrode layer in contact with the functional molecular active layer and a metal electrode layer disposed on the conductive polymer electrode layer, wherein the functional molecular active layer is made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of nitrophenylene ethinylene thiol group-containing compounds; nitrophenylene ethinylene silane group-containing compounds; dinitrobipyridyl ethyrylphenyl thiol compounds; S-[4-({4-[(4-acetylsulfonyl-phenyl) -methyl-amino]-phenyl}-methyl-amino)-phenyl thiol compounds; rosebengal thiol group-containing compounds; rosebengal silane group-containing compounds; azo compounds containing a dinitrothiophene group and a thiol derivative-introduced aminobenzene group; azo compounds containing a dinitrothiophene group and a silane derivative-introduced aminobenzene group; organometallic thiol derivative compounds with complexes of a terpyridyl group and a metal element; and organometallic silane derivative compounds with complexes of a terpyridyl group and a metal element.