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Figure 14 (A) Optical micrograph of an interdigitated array electrode; (B) the activeregion of the electrode consists of fingers with a 10- Am spacing.Another less utilized, tunable property of nanocrystal superlattices isthe type of molecule used to cap the individual nanocrystals. The most widelytouted alternative to simple alkanethiols is an aromatic molecule so that theeffect of k-orbitals on electron transport can be investigated [2]. <strong>Inc</strong>orporatingdifferent kinds of capping ligands into the nanocrystal synthesis is notalways easy, however. The different binding strengths of the ligands can havea noticeable effect on the final nanocrystal size, size distribution, and solubilitycharacteristics. The most common way of circumventing this problemis through a ligand-exchange reaction with previously synthesized alkane-<strong>Copyright</strong> <strong>2004</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Marcel</strong> <strong>Dekker</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. <strong>All</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Reserved</strong>.

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