Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Having organic semiconductive component
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-10
2008-06-10
Baumeister, Bradley W. (Department: 2891)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Having organic semiconductive component
C977S847000, C257SE21005, C423S447100, C534S565000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07384815
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed towards processes for covalently attaching molecular wires and molecular electronic devices to carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof. Such processes utilize diazonium chemistry to bring about this marriage of wire-like nanotubes with molecular wires and molecular electronic devices.
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Bahr Jeffrey L.
Tour James M.
Yang Jiping
Baumeister Bradley W.
Shaddox Robert C.
Such Matthew W
William Marsh Rice University
Winstead PC
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