Nonlinear Electrical Properties of One-Dimensional Nanostructures [PDF]
A general method is first reported for reliably fabricating highly-ordered conventional superconductor nanowire arrays, with good control over nanowire cross section (down to 10 nm by 11 nm) and length (up to 200 microns).
Xu, Ke
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Ab Initio Study of Octane Moiety Adsorption on H- and Cl-Functionalized Silicon Nanowires
Using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, we investigated the effects of surface functionalization on the energetic and electronic properties of hydrogenated and chlorinated silicon nanowires oriented along the direction ...
Barbara Ferrucci +5 more
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NEGF simulations of a junctionless Si gate-all-around nanowire transistor with discrete dopants [PDF]
We have carried out 3D Non-Equilibrium Green Function simulations of ajunctionlessgate-all-around n-type silicon nanowiretransistor of 4.2 × 4.2 nm2 cross-section. We model the dopants in a fully atomistic way.
Brown, A. +10 more
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Silicon Microwire Photovoltaics [PDF]
The favorable bandgap and natural abundance of Si, combined with the large expertise base for semiconductor wafer processing, have led to the use of wafer-based crystalline Si in the vast majority of photovoltaic cells and modules produced worldwide ...
Kelzenberg, Michael David
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SOI-Nanowire Biosensor for the Detection of Glioma-Associated miRNAs in Plasma
Herein, we report the development of a highly sensitive nanotechnology-based system—silicon-on-insulator nanowire biosensor for the revelation of microRNAs (miRNAs), associated with the development of glioma in the human.
Kristina A. Malsagova +14 more
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Optical, Mechanical, and Electronic Properties of Etched Silicon Nanopillars [PDF]
This work focuses on the fabrication, characterization and applications of silicon nanopillars. We explain the techniques involved in creating sub 50 nm diameter pillars with aspect ratios of 60:1.
Walavalkar, Sameer Sudhir
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On-chip integratable all-optical quantizer using strong cross-phase modulation in a silicon-organic hybrid slot waveguide [PDF]
High performance all-optical quantizer based on silicon waveguide is believed to have significant applications in photonic integratable optical communication links, optical interconnection networks, and real-time signal processing systems. In this paper,
Yuan, Jinhui +33 more
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Fundamental aspects to localize self-catalyzed III-V nanowires on silicon
The ability to place perfectly aligned vertical nanowires at chosen positions on a silicon substrate is an important challenge in device fabrication.
J. Vukajlovic-Plestina +10 more
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Functional Devices from Bottom-Up Silicon Nanowires: A Review
This paper summarizes some of the essential aspects for the fabrication of functional devices from bottom-up silicon nanowires. In a first part, the different ways of exploiting nanowires in functional devices, from single nanowires to large assemblies ...
Tabassom Arjmand +7 more
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Multimode Silicon Nanowire Transistors
The combined capabilities of both a nonplanar design and nonconventional carrier injection mechanisms are subject to recent scientific investigations to overcome the limitations of silicon metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors. In this Letter, we present a multimode field effect transistors device using silicon nanowires that feature an ...
Glassner, Sebastian +5 more
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