PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR PRECURSORS FOR ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Molecular-precursor chemistry provides an essential underpinning to al l electronic materials technologies, including photovoltaics and relat ed areas of direct interest to energy capture and conversion. Material s synthesis and processing is a rapidly developing field in which adva nces in molecular precursors are playing a major role. This article su rveys selected recent research examples that define the exciting curre nt directions in molecular precursor science. These directions include growth of increasingly complex structures and stoichiometries, surfac e-selective growth, kinetic growth of metastable materials, growth of size-controlled quantum dots and quantum dot arrays and growth at prog ressively lower temperatures. Continued progress in molecular precurso r chemistry will afford precise control over the crystal structures, n anostructures and microstructures of electronic materials.