Kenneth D. Jordan

 

Professor, Department of Chemistry

330 Eberly Hall

412-624-8690, 8611(fax)

jordan@a.psc.edu

http://www.pitt.edu/~jordan

 

 

Ken Jordan's group is using theoretical methods to model chemical reactions on semiconductor surfaces  These reactions can be used to pattern the surfaces on the nanoscale and are the key to combining the functionality of organic chemistry with semiconductor devices.  Of particular interest are the mechanisms of charge transport through hydrocarbons adsorbed on the Si(001) surface.  This research is being carried out in collaboration with Dan Sorescu of NETL, DOE, and John Yates of the University of Pittsburgh and has been supported by the University's Keck Center for Molecular Electronics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High resolution experimental and simulated STM images (1-d) of coronene adsorbed on the Si(001)-2x1 surface.  Structure of the adsorbed molecule: (e) side view and (f) top view.