Electronic device comprising nanogap electrodes and nanoparticle
AssigneesNexdot, Fonds De L'espci-Georges Charpak
InventorsEmmanuel Lhullier, Benoit Dubertret
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a substrate and at least two electrodes spaced by a nanogap, wherein the at least two electrodes are bridged by at least one nanoparticle and wherein the at least one nanoparticle has an overlap area with the at least two electrodes higher than 2% of the area of the at least one nanoparticle. A method of manufacturing of the electronic device and the use of the electronic device in photodetector, transistor, phototransistor, optical modulator, electrical diode, photovoltaic cell or electroluminescent component are also described.
Claims16
An electronic device comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- at least two electrodes spaced by a nanogap having a size ranging from 0.1 nanometer to less than 1000 nanometers,
- wherein the at least two electrodes are bridged by at least one nanoparticle, the at least one nanoparticle is not a carbon based nanoparticle and wherein the at least one nanoparticle has an overlap area with the at least two electrodes higher than 2% of the projected surface of the at least one nanoparticle, and
- each of the at least one nanoparticle is a nanorod, a nanoplatelet, a nanoplate, a nanowall, a nanodisk, a nanotube, a nanoribbon, a nanobelt or a nanowire.
An apparatus comprising:
- an electronic device comprising a substrate and at least two electrodes spaced by a nanogap having a size ranging from 0.1 nanometer to less than 1000 nanometers,
- wherein the at least two electrodes are bridged by at least one nanoparticle, the at least one nanoparticle is not a carbon based nanoparticle, the at least one nanoparticle having an overlap area with the at least two electrodes higher than 2% of the projected surface of the at least one nanoparticle,
- wherein the apparatus is one of a photodetector comprising the at least two electrodes bridged by the at least one nanoparticle, a transistor comprising the at least two electrodes bridged by the at least one nanoparticle, a phototransistor comprising the at least two electrodes bridged by the at least one nanoparticle, an optical modulator comprising the at least two electrodes bridged by the at least one nanoparticle, an electrical diode comprising the at least two electrodes bridged by the at least one nanoparticle, a photovoltaic solar cell comprising the at least two electrodes bridged by the at least one nanoparticle, and an electroluminescent component comprising the at least two electrodes bridged by the at least one nanoparticle, and
- each of the at least one nanoparticle is a nanorod, a nanoplatelet, a nanoplate, a nanowall, a nanodisk, a nanotube, a nanoribbon, a nanobelt or a nanowire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.