The Winner: Molecular electronics is aiming at the use of functional molecules as building blocks for electronic circuits. With this image, our goal was to fabricate a structure which enables measurements of conductive organic molecules on a chip. In the image one can see the two gold nanowires as electrodes, but what cannot be seen is a small gap between them which measures 1-2 nanometers. We can perform measurements on molecules integrated into this gap to design nanosized devices. |