Advanced Materials & Manufacturing – Page 596

In Situ Transformations of Gold Contacts Studied by Moleculad Dynamics Simulations

Pokropivny A.V., Pokropivny V.V., Lõhmus A., Lõhmus R., Lõhmus A., Lõhmus R., Erts D., Pokropivny A.V., Pokropivny V.V., Olin H., University of Latvia, EE

We apply molecular dynamics methods for simulation of in situ processes in new combined TEM/SPM technique. The atomic structure transformations of a gold nanobridge between two contacts are studied in processes of loading-unloading and friction [...]

On the Design of SET Adders

Sulieman M., Beiu V., Washington State University, US

Single-Electron-Technology (SET) is one of the future technologies distinguished by its small and low power devices. Among others, SET provides simple and elegant solutions for implementing threshold logic gates (TLG).One of the SET-TLG logic circuits [...]

Silicon Nanostructures Patterned on SOI by AFM Lithography

Ionica I., Montès L., Ferraton S., Zimmermann J., Bouchiat V., Saminadayar L., IMEP-INPGrenoble, GF

The actual trends in microelectronics are the reduction of the dimensions and the search of new devices standing upon new phenomena as in the case of a Single Electron Transistor (SET) that is based on [...]

Metal-Insulator-Metal Ensemble (MIME) Chemical Detectors

Smardzewski R.R., Jarvis N.L., Snow A.W., Wohltjen H., Mackay R.A., Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, U.S. Army SBCCOM, US

A new class of nanometer-scale, low power, solid-state devices is being investigated for the detection of hazardous vapors. These chemical vapor sensors are comprised of nanometer-sized gold particles encapsulated by monomolecular layers of alkanethiol surfactant [...]

Thermal Noise Response Based Static Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy

Gannepalli A., Sebastian A., Salapaka M.V., Cleveland J., Iowa State University, US

Micro-cantilever based devices have revolutionized imaging and they are the primary tools for investigation and control of matter at the nanoscale. In this paper a novel approach based on the thermal noise response of the [...]

A New Wet Chemical Approach to the Selective Synthesis of Silver Nanowires

Hernandez E.A., Posada B., Irizarry R., Castro M.E., The University of Puerto Rico, US

A new wet chemical approach is presented for the selective synthesis of silver nanowires based on the assembly of silver nanoparticles covered with a bi-functional thiol. The particles are formed spontaneously upon the addition of [...]

Scanning Probe Lithography on InAs Substrate

Houlet L.F., Yamaguchi H., Hirayama Y., NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation, JP

In this study, we focus our interest on patterning a conventional electron beam resist by electron field emission exposure using Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). We have fabricated 50-140 nm deep structures in InAs with the [...]

Single Wall Carbon Nanotube-Based Structural Health Monitoring Sensing Materials

Watkins A.N., Ingram J.L., Jordan J.D., Wincheski R.A., Smits J.M., Williams P.A., NASA Langley Research Center, US

Single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-based materials represent the future aerospace vehicle construction material of choice based primarily on predicted strength-to-weight advantages and inherent multifunctionality. As such, it is prudent to pursue the development of SWCNT-based sensing [...]

Nano Devices and Systems

A Study of the Threshold Voltage Variations for Ultra-thin Body Double Gate SOI MOSFETs

Tang C-S, Lo S-C, Lee J.W., Tsai J-H, Li Y., Natl Nano Device Labs & Natl Chiao Tung Univ, TW

Double gate silicon on insulator (SOI) devices are more and more attractive for sub-50 nm ultra-large scaled integrated (ULSI) circuits manufacturing. The double gate SOI devices, owing to a difficulty of manufacturing uniformity, suffer fluctuations [...]