Patent ID: 7782408

Claim:
A three-dimensional molecular switch assembly, formed on a substrate, said molecular switch assembly comprising: a first monolayer of seed molecules for initiating self-assembled molecular growth, said first monolayer formed on said substrate; a second monolayer of active molecules comprising a plurality of rotor moieties and stator moieties, with one rotor moiety supported between two stator moieties, said second monolayer of active molecules formed on said first monolayer of seed molecules, with a one-to-one correspondence between molecules in said first monolayer and said second monolayer; a third monolayer of spacer molecules, formed on said second monolayer of active molecules, with a one-to-one correspondence between molecules in said second monolayer and said third monolayer; and a plurality of alternating second monolayers and third monolayers having said one-to-one correspondence, wherein said active molecules are switchable between two different states by an applied external electric field.