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We describe a method to fabricate clean suspended single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) transistors hosting a single quantum dot ranging in length from a few 10s of nm down to $\approx$ 3 nm. We first align narrow gold bow-tie junctions on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-15 J. O. Island , V. Tayari , S. Yigen , A. C. McRae , A. R. Champagne

We present a nanomechanical device design to be used in a non-volatile mechanical memory point. The structure is composed of a suspended slender nanowire (width : 100nm, thickness 430nm length : 8 to 30$\mu$m) clamped at its both ends.…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2008-12-18 B. Charlot , W. Sun , K. Yamashita , H. Fujita , H. Toshiyoshi

The recent development of efficient chirality sorting techniques has opened the way to the use of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in a plethora of nanoelectronic, photovoltaic, and optoelectronic applications. However, to understand…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 María Rosa Preciado-Rivas , Victor Alexander Torres-Sánchez , Duncan J. Mowbray

A method is introduced to isolate and measure the electrical transport properties of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) aligned on an ST-cut quartz, from room temperature down to 2 K. The diameter and chirality of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-26 Tohru Watanabe , El-Hadi S. Sadki , Takahide Yamaguchi , Yoshihiko Takano

The capabilities of the mechanical resonator-based nanosensors in detecting ultra-small mass or force shifts have driven a continuing exploration of the palette of nanomaterials for such application purpose. Based on large-scale molecular…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 Haifei Zhan , Guiyong Zhang , Baocheng Zhang , John M. Bell , Yuantong Gu

Mechanical memory and computing are gaining significant traction as means to augment traditional electronics for robust and energy efficient performance in extreme environments. However, progress has largely focused on bistable…

Emerging nanodevices such as resistive memories are being considered for hardware realizations of a variety of artificial neural networks (ANNs), including highly promising online variants of the learning approaches known as reservoir…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-09-13 Christopher H. Bennett , Damien Querlioz , Jacques-Olivier Klein

Single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) nanofibrils were assembled onto conductive atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes with the help of dielectrophoresis (DEP). This process involved the application of a 10 V, 2 MHz, AC bias between a…

Nanofabricated mechanical resonators are gaining significant momentum among potential quantum technologies due to their unique design freedom and independence from naturally occurring resonances. With their functionality being widely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Andreas Wallucks , Igor Marinković , Bas Hensen , Robert Stockill , Simon Gröblacher

Voltage-controlled resistive switching is demonstrated in various gap systems on SiO2 substrate. The nanosized gaps are made by different means using different materials including metal, semiconductor, and metallic nonmetal. The switching…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-17 Jun Yao , Lin Zhong , Zengxing Zhang , Tao He , Zhong Jin , Patrick J. Wheeler , Douglas Natelson , James M. Tour

Phase change memory has been developed into a mature technology capable of storing information in a fast and non-volatile way, with potential for neuromorphic computing applications. However, its future impact in electronics depends…

Superconducting electronics represents a promising technology, offering not only efficient integration with quantum computing systems, but also the potential for significant power reduction in high-performance computing. Nonetheless, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-24 Leon Ruf , Angelo Di Bernardo , Elke Scheer

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are typically long (>100 nm) and have been well established as novel quasi one-dimensional systems with interesting electrical, mechanical, and optical properties. Here, quasi zero-dimensional SWNTs…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-04-30 Xiaoming Sun , Sasa Zaric , Dan Daranciang , Kevin Welsher , Yuerui Lu , Xiaolin Li , Hongjie Dai

We show that thin horizontal arrays of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) suspended above the channel of silicon MOSFETs can be used as vibrating gate electrodes. This new class of nano-electromechanical system (NEMS) combines the unique…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 A. Arun , S. Campidelli , A. Filoramo , V. Derycke , P. Salet , A. M. Ionescu , M. F. Goffman

The low-energy electronic structure of metallic single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) in an external electric field perpendicular to the tube axis is investigated. Based on tight-binding approximation, a field-induced energy gap is found in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Xin Zhou , Hu Chen , Ou-Yang Zhong-can

We report measurements on ropes of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT) in low-resistance contact to non-superconducting (normal) metallic pads, at low voltage and at temperatures down to 70 mK. In one sample, we find a two order of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-17 M. Kociak , A. Yu. Kasumov , S. Gueron , B. Reulet , L. Vaccarini , I. I. Khodos , Yu. B. Gorbatov , V. T. Volkov , H. Bouchiat

Directional transport properties at the nanoscale remain a challenge primarily due to issues associated with control over the underlying anisotropy and scalability to macroscopic scales. In this letter, we develop a facile approach based on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-21 Bo Li , Hyun Young Jung , Hailong Wang , Young Lae Kim , Taehoon Kim , Myung Gwan Hahm , Ahmed Busnaina , Moneesh Upmanyu , Yung Joon Jung

We demonstrate a class of model nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) which has longer inner cores coaxially oscillating inside their respective shorter outer shell holders and can operate at…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-09-26 Quan-shui Zheng , Zhiping Xu , Adrian Neild , Tuck Wah Ng

The electronic breakdown and the bias dependence of the conductance have been investigated for a large number of catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) grown single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with very small diameters. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 R. V. Seidel , A. P. Graham , B. Rajasekharan , E. Unger , M. Liebau , G. S. Duesberg , F. Kreupl , W. Hoenlein

We report the realization of a completely controllable high-speed nanomechanical memory element fabricated from single-crystal silicon wafers. This element consists of a doubly-clamped suspended nanomechanical beam structure, which can be…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert L. Badzey , Guiti Zolfagharkhani , Alexei Gaidarzhy , Pritiraj Mohanty