Abstract: The use of an organic material having a conjugated ring system such as 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride interfaced with a semiconductor material such as silicon yields quite acceptable rectifying properties. These properties are used to test the suitability of the substrate during processing. Additionally, these materials upon irradiation change refractive index, allowing production of optical devices such as gratings. The combination of electrical and optical devices formed using these organic materials also allows relatively simple fabrication of integrated opto-electronic structures.

Abstract: The conductivity of a wide range of carbon-containing materials is substantially increased by irradiation with particles having an atomic mass of at least 1. Both polymeric and nonpolymeric, organic and inorganic, materials can be used. The particulate irradiation, for example an ion beam, substantially breaks down the material to a form that includes amorphous carbon having unusually high conductivity. Resistivities of less than 10.sup.-3 ohm-cm are possible. When applied as a film on a substrate, the irradiated material can be used for device interconnects. Conducting lines can be produced in the film, as well as vertical contacts through the film.

Abstract: The pyrolysis of aromatic compounds with fused rings in the aromatic system which form free radicals on the peri position, for example, by eliminating a stable inorganic gas produces desirable products. These products include electrically conductive inert films. Further, with the addition of suitable inorganic compounds to the reactant, superconducting materials are obtainable. The addition of sulfur to the pyrolysis reactant also is possible and allows production of compounds useful as donors for the production of organic electrically conducting compositions.

Abstract: Materials that change crystal structure upon radiation with a beam of electrons have been found. These materials, such as perylene dianhydride, naphthalene dianhydride, and perylene tetracarboxylic diimide based compounds undergo a transformation from one crystalline structure to another upon exposure to energetic electrons. This transformation causes a change in optical, electrical, and solubility properties. In this manner, these materials are useful as resists for delineating patterns, as optical storage media, and/or in processes for producing patterns of conductive materials such as employed in semiconductor technology.

Abstract: A technique is described for the preparation of novel conjugatively linked tetrathiafulvalenes. The resultant molecule includes two donor moieties which allow the preparation of charge transfer complexes with a band structure higher than the quasi one dimensional structure indigenous to presently known electrically conducting organic complexes.