Patent ID: 7897489

Claim:
A method of selectively attaching a capping agent to an H-passivated Si surface comprising a set of covalently bonded Si atoms and a set of surface substitutional atoms, wherein the set of surface substitutional atoms includes at least one of boron atoms, aluminum atoms, gallium atoms, indium atoms, tin atoms, lead atoms, phosphorus atoms, arsenic atoms, sulfur atoms, or bismuth atoms, the method comprising: exposing the set of surface substitutional atoms to a set of capping agents, each capping agent of the set of capping agents having a set of functional groups bonded to a pair of carbon atoms, wherein the pair of carbon atoms includes at least one pi orbital bond; wherein one or more covalent bonds are formed between one or more surface substitutional atoms of the set of surface substitutional atoms and one or more capping agents of the set of capping agents.