62841 20170922120720.0 doi 10.2478/nanofab-2014-0010 sideral 90706 ART-2014-90706 eng Cea, P. Nanofabrication techniques of highly organized monolayers sandwiched between two electrodes for molecular electronics 2014 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted It is expected that molecular electronics, i.e., the use of molecules as critical functional elements in electronic devices, will lead in the near future to an industrial exploitable novel technology, which will open new routes to high value-added electronic products. However, despite the enormous advances in this field several scientific and technological challenges should be surmounted before molecular electronics can be implemented in the market. Among these challenges are the fabrication of reliable, robust and uniform contacts between molecules and electrodes, the deposition of the second (top) contact electrode, and development of assembly strategies for precise placement of molecular materials within device structures. This review covers advances in nanofabrication techniques used for the assembly of monomolecular films onto conducting or semiconducting substrates as well as recent methods developed for the deposition of the top contact electrode highlighting the advantages and limitations of the several approaches used in the literature. This contribution also aims to define areas of outstanding challenges in the nanofabrication of monomolecular layers sandwiched between two electrodes and opportunities for future research and applications. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CTQ2006-05236 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CTQ2009-13024 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CTQ2012-33198 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/Explora-Grant-2014-2016 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/MAT2011-13099-E info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2013-CIE-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ballesteros, L.M. (orcid)0000-0001-9193-3874 Martín, S. Universidad de Zaragoza 2012 755 Universidad de Zaragoza Departamento de Química Física Química Física 1 (2014), 96-117 Nanofabrication Nanofabrication 2299-680X 2180480 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/62841/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 127957 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/62841/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:62841 articulos driver 2017-09-21-14:57:48 ARTICLE