Rotkin S.V. – TechConnect Briefs

The Influence of DNA Wrapping on SWNT Optical Absorption in Perpendicular Polarization

Snyder S.E., Rotkin S.V., Lehigh University, US

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) hold great promise for the next generation of electronic devices due to their small, biologically compatible size, exceptional electronic properties, and the range of bandgaps accessible with variations in diameter and [...]

Principles of Metallic Field Effect Transistor (METFET)

Rotkin S.V., Hess K., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, US

Field effect transistors in current use are semiconductor devices. The scaling trend to nanometer dimensions calls for ever higher doping and channel conductance of these devices. Ultimately one desires a conductance close to that of [...]

Simulation of Carbon Nanotube-based Nanoelectromechanical Switches

Dequesnes M., Rotkin S.V., Aluru N.R., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

We study the pull-in voltage characteristics of several multiwall nanotube electromechanical switches such as suspended carbon nanotubes over a graphitic ground lectrode. Electromechanical analysis has been performed by accounting for three coupled energy domains: elastostatics, [...]