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Title: Nanoparticle/nanotube-based nanoelectronic devices and chemically-directed assembly thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1015205
 [1]
  1. Cypress, TX
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According to some embodiments, the present invention provides a nanoelectronic device based on a nanostructure that may include a nanotube with first and second ends, a metallic nanoparticle attached to the first end, and an insulating nanoparticle attached to the second end. The nanoelectronic device may include additional nanostructures so a to form a plurality of nanostructures comprising the first nanostructure and the additional nanostructures. The plurality of nanostructures may arranged in a network comprising a plurality of edges and a plurality of vertices, wherein each edge comprises a nanotube and each vertex comprises at least one insulating nanoparticle and at least one metallic nanoparticle adjacent the insulating nanoparticle. The combination of at least one edge and at least one vertex comprises a diode. The device may be an optical rectenna.

Research Organization:
William Marsh Rice University (Houston, TX)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-05GO15073
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University (Houston, TX)
Patent Number(s):
7,893,513
Application Number:
US Patent Application 11/910,521
OSTI ID:
1015205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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