Abstract:
The possibility of combining conjugated polymers with nanometer scale devices (nanodevices) to incorporate their propertiesis discussed. This approach combines the highly topical disciplines of polymer electronics and nanoelectronics to create a new sub-direction of polymer nanoelectronics, which can serve as a tool to probe the behavior of polymer molecules at the nanometer/molecular level, and contribute to the clarification of the transport mechanisms in conjugated polymers. We investigate this combination using a family of linear and conjugated polymers, poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene)s with thiolacetate functionalized end groups as an example.