Patent ID: 7964443

Claim:
A method of forming a crossed wire molecular device comprising a plurality of bottom electrodes, a plurality of top electrodes crossing the bottom electrodes at a non-zero angle, a self-assembled molecular film chemically bonded to a surface of each of the bottom electrodes, the self-assembled molecular film including at least one defect site and a plurality of active device molecules, each of the plurality of active device molecules including a molecular switching moiety having a self-assembling connecting group and a linking group at opposed ends thereof, and a self-assembled monolayer chemically bonded to the self-assembled molecular film, the self-assembled molecular film and the self-assembled monolayer operatively disposed in at least one junction formed where one electrode crosses another electrode, the method comprising the steps of: chemically bonding the self-assembled molecular film to the surface of one of the plurality of bottom electrodes; chemically bonding, via at least one of covalent bonding, ionic bonding, or coordination bonding, a polymeric material within a solution to at least some of the linking groups of the plurality of active device molecules, thereby forming the self-assembled monolayer covering the plurality of active device molecules and the at least one defect site; and forming one of the plurality of top electrodes, crossing the one of the plurality of bottom electrodes at the non-zero angle, thereby forming the at least one junction therebetween, wherein the self-assembled monolayer is chemically bonded on a surface of the one of the plurality of top electrodes.