Nanoelectronic device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMordechai Kornbluth, Yu Jin, Christopher Johnson
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Abstract
A nanoelectronic device includes first and second nano electrodes, a nanogap defined by the first and second nano electrodes and separating the first and second nano electrodes, a solvent present in the nanogap and including a plurality of redox molecules, and a component configured as a disruptor of solvent atomic structures, the component forming a surface portion on a bulk portion within the device, the component being located at a predetermined distance away from the first and second nano electrodes.
Claims19
A nanoelectronic device comprising:
- first and second nano electrodes;
- a nanogap defined by the first and second nano electrodes and separating the first and second nano electrodes;
- a solvent present in the nanogap and including a plurality of redox molecules;
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- a component configured as a disruptor of solvent atomic structures, the component forming a surface portion on a substrate within the nanogap between the first and second nano electrodes and being spaced apart from and not in contact with the first and second nano electrodes, the first and second nano electrodes being free of the component, the surface portion comprising a hydrophobic termination configured to disrupt the solvent atomic structures at the surface of the component in contact with the solvent.
A nanoelectronic system comprising:
- a substrate supporting first and second nano conductors separated by a nanogap;
- a solvent including redox molecules present in the nanogap;
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- a disruptor of solvent atomic structures, the disruptor being disposed on the substrate within the nanogap between the first and second nano conductors and being physically separated from and not in contact with the first and second nano conductors, the first and second nanoconductors being free of the disruptor.
A nanoelectronic biosensor comprising:
- a substrate supporting first and second nano electrodes;
- a nano gap separating the first and second nano electrodes and including a solvent with redox molecules and atomic interfacial structures;
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- a hydrophobic component configured to disrupt the atomic interfacial structures, the component disposed on the substrate and extending across at least a portion of the nanogap between the first and second nano electrodes and being physically separated from and not in contact with the first and second nano electrodes, the component terminating short of each of the first and second nano electrodes such that a gap is maintained between the component and each electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.