[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21499-21500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Government Owned Invention Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of government owned invention available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is owned in whole by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The invention 
is available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR 
part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of 
federally funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on 
this invention may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary 
Clague, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is 
also available via telephone: (301) 975-4188, fax (301) 869-2751, or e-
mail: [email protected]. Any request for information should include 
the NIST Docket number and title for the invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform 
further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. 
The invention available for licensing is:
    NIST Docket Number: 02-008US.
    Title: Selective Electroless Attachment of Contacts to 
Electrochemically-active Molecules.
    Abstract: This technology provides a solution-based method for 
attaching metal contacts to molecular films. The metal contacts are 
attached to functional groups on individual molecules in the molecular 
film. The chemical state of the functional group is controlled to 
induce electroless metal deposition preferentially at the functional 
group site. The functionalized molecules may also be patterned on a 
surface to give spatial control over the location of the metal contacts 
in a more complex structure. Spatial control is limited only

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by the ability to pattern the molecular film. To demonstrate the 
feasibility of this concept, self-assembled monolayers of model, 
molecular-electronic compounds have been prepared on gold surfaces, and 
these surfaces were subsequently exposed to electroless deposition 
plating baths. These samples exhibited selective metal contact 
attachments, even on patterned surfaces.

    Dated: April 15, 2004.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 04-9068 Filed 4-20-04; 8:45 am]
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