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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7985906 | Nanotube-based switching elements and logic circuits Nanotube-based switching elements and logic circuits are disclosed. Under one embodiment of the invention, a Boolean logic circuit includes at least one input terminal and an output terminal, and a network of nanotube switching elements electrically disposed between... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7439823 | Electromechanical filter An object is to provide an electromechanical filter which can define a vibration mode so that a vibrator can be excited only in a desired vibration mode, that is, a filter which can suppress any vibration mode other than a desired vibration mode. The electromechanic... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432522 | Nanowhiskers with pn junctions, doped nanowhiskers, and methods for preparing them Nano-engineered structures are disclosed, incorporating nanowhiskers of high mobility conductivity and incorporating pn junctions. In one embodiment, a nanowhisker of a first semiconducting material has a first band gap, and an enclosure comprising at least one seco... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427438 | Polymerizable oligomeric urethane compositions comprising nanoparticles Presently described are microstructured articles such as a brightness enhancing film or optical turning film. The microstructured articles comprise a brightness enhancing polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of a composition comprising an organic co... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426040 | Chip-scale optical spectrum analyzers with enhanced resolution A Fabry-Perot cavity filter includes a first mirror and a second mirror. A gap between the first and the second mirror monotonically varies as a function of width of the filter. This filter may be used with photodetector and a channel selection filter in an optical ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7413973 | Method for manufacturing nano-gap electrode device Provided is a method for manufacturing a nano-gap electrode device comprising the steps of: forming a first electrode on a substrate; forming a spacer on a sidewall of the first electrode; forming a second electrode on an exposed substrate at a side of the spacer; a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411235 | Spin transistor, programmable logic circuit, and magnetic memory A spin transistor includes a first conductive layer that is made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in a first direction, and functions as one of a source and a drain; a second conductive layer that is made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in one of the fi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402829 | Structured silicon anode A silicon/lithium battery can be fabricated from a silicon substrate. This allows the battery to be produced as an integrated unit on a chip. The battery includes a silicon anode formed from sub-micron diameter pillars of silicon fabricated on an n-type silicon wafe... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402909 | Microelectronic package interconnect and method of fabrication thereof A method of interconnecting and an interconnect is provided to connect a first component and a second component of an integrated circuit. The interconnect includes a plurality of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), which provide a conducting path between the first component an... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391091 | Magnetic particle flow detector A ferromagnetic thin-film based magnetic field detection system having a substrate supporting a magnetic field sensor in a channel with a first electrical conductor supported on the substrate positioned at least in part along the channel gap and in direct contact wi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374813 | Constructive nanolithography A patterned organic monolayer or multiplayer film self-assembled on a solid substrate, the pattern consisting in a site-defined surface chemical modification non-destructively inscribed in the organic monolayer or multilayer by means of an electrically biased conduc... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371677 | Laterally grown nanotubes and method of formation A semiconductor device has lateral conductors or traces that are formed of nanotubes such as carbon. A sacrificial layer is formed overlying the substrate. A dielectric layer is formed overlying the sacrificial layer. A lateral opening is formed by removing a portio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361430 | Carbon nanotube-polymer composite actuators The present invention discloses a carbon nanotube (SWNT)-polymer composite actuator and method to make such actuator. A series of uniform composites was prepared by dispersing purified single wall nanotubes with varying weight percents into a polymer matrix, followe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361522 | Growing lower defect semiconductor crystals on highly lattice-mismatched substrates A heterosystem of two different materials, mismatched in terms of lattice constant or symmetry, may be formed with reduced defects by using a two step approach proposed in this invention. Nanowires are first grown on a semiconductor substrate, and then a thin film o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352608 | Controllable nanomechanical memory element A memory device includes a mechanical element that exhibits distinct bistable states under amplitude modulation. The states are dynamically bistable or multi-stable with the application of a drive signal of a given frequency. The natural resonance of the element in ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353148 | Generation of displays of solutions to physics problems represented by complex mathematical equations using quantum computations or simulation of quantum computations on classic computers Graphic displays or audio sound representations of numerical solutions of physics problems modeled by complicated, computationally complex mathematics are generated by Type I and Type II quantum computers, which employs a plurality of classically interconnected node... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341774 | Electronic and opto-electronic devices fabricated from nanostructured high surface to volume ratio thin films An electronic or opto-electronic device or a chemical sensor comprising: an interpenetrating network of a nanostructured high surface area to volume ratio film material and an organic/inorganic material forming a nanocomposite. The high surface area to volume film m... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326448 | Polymerizable oligomeric urethane compositions comprising nanoparticles Presently described are microstructured articles such as a brightness enhancing film or optical turning film. The microstructured articles comprise a brightness enhancing polymerized structure comprising the reaction product of a composition comprising an organic co... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323730 | Optically-configurable nanotube or nanowire semiconductor device The invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising at least two electrodes and at least one nanotube or nanowire, in particular a carbon nanotube or nanowire, the device including at least one semiconductive nanotube or nanowire having at least one region th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312096 | Nanotube semiconductor structures with varying electrical properties There is disclosed a nanotube sensor which essentially employs a straight or twisted nanotube deposited on a supporting surface, such as silicon, silicon dioxide and some other semiconductor or metal material. The nanotube is basically a graphite device which is now... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307345 | Crossbar-array designs and wire addressing methods that tolerate misalignment of electrical components at wire overlap points Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to crossbar array designs that interfaces wires to address wires, despite misalignments between electrical components and wires. In one embodiment, a nanoscale device may be composed of a first layer of two o... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7292498 | Factored nanoscale multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit for interfacing nanowires with microscale and sub-microscale electronic devices Embodiments of the present invention are related to nanoscale multiplexers and demultiplexers that employ randomly fabricated interconnections between nanowire signal lines and microscale or sub-microscale address lines. A greater number of address lines than a mini... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288961 | Tri-state circuit using nanotube switching elements Nanotube-based logic circuitry is disclosed. Tri-stating elements add an enable/disable function to the circuitry. The tri-stating elements may be provided by nanotube-based switching devices. In the disabled state, the outputs present a high impedance, i.e., are tr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282742 | Organic semiconductor material and organic semiconductor element employing the same including carbon nanotubes The present invention relates to an organic semiconductor material in which carbon nanotubes are dispersed in a conjugated polymer, and the weight fraction of the carbon nanotubes is 3 percent or less relative to the conjugated polymer. According to the present inve... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282731 | Quantum supermemory A quantum supermemory is based on the cells of nanostructured material. The nanostructured material includes consists of clusters with tunnel-transparent coatings. The clusters have sizes at which resonant electron features are manifested. The size is determined by ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282272 | Polymerizable compositions comprising nanoparticles Polymerizable compositions comprising nanopartilces particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270694 | Stabilized silver nanoparticles and their use A process comprising: reacting a silver compound with a reducing agent comprising a hydrazine compound in the presence of a thermally removable stabilizer in a reaction mixture comprising the silver compound, the reducing agent, the stabilizer, and an optional solve... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268423 | Flexible rewiring plate for semiconductor components, and process for producing it The present invention describes a rewiring plate for components with connection grids of between approx. 100 nm and 10 μm, which rewiring plate includes a base body and passages with carbon nanotubes, the lower end of the passages opening out into contact connectio... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254799 | Method for allocating resources in heterogeneous nanowire crossbars having defective nanowire junctions Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods for allocating nanowire junctions in a nanowire crossbar having one or more randomly distributed non-functional crossbar nanowire junctions. In certain embodiments, the method constructs a circuit graph ba... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239261 | Electromagnetic wave absorption material and an associated device The purpose of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-manufacture electromagnetic wave absorption material usable from submillimeter wave region to millimeter wave region with an excellent radio wave absorbing performance and a variety of usage thereof. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233101 | Substrate-supported array having steerable nanowires elements use in electron emitting devices In accordance with the inventions, a new configuration of spaced-apart nanostructures is provided as well as a variety of improved articles using the new configuration. Improved articles include microwave amplifiers, field emission displays, plasma displays, electro... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228518 | Method for reducing the size and nanowire length used in nanowire crossbars without reducing the number of nanowire junctions Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods for designing multilayer nanowire crossbars that are functionally equivalent to two-layer nanowire-crossbar designs. Given a two-layer nanowire-crossbar design having two or more columns of microregions, i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220609 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprising clusters and/or nanocrystal of silicon and a semiconductor structure of this kind A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprising clusters and/or nanocrystals of silicon described which are present in distributed form in a matrix of silicon compound. The method comprises the steps of depositing a layer of thermally nonstable silic... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7202173 | Systems and methods for electrical contacts to arrays of vertically aligned nanorods Systems and methods may provide electrical contacts to an array of substantially vertically aligned nanorods. The nanorod array may be fabricated on top of a conducting layer that serves as a bottom contact to the nanorods. A top metal contact may be applied to a pl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195723 | Colloidal solutions and nanocomposites of electrides and alkalides and methods of use A colloidal solution and/or nanocomposite having enhanced energy transfer between thermal, electron, phonons, and photons energy states. The composition comprises a synergistic blend of electrides and alkalides within a medium that effectively alters the mean free p... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187201 | Programmable logic device suitable for implementation in molecular electronics Pullup and pulldown structures can be formed using nanoscale programmable junctions. These devices can be integrated into nanoscale circuit designs and can be programmably configured, e.g., desired resistance values set. Additionally, the pullup and pulldown devices... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181836 | Method for making an electrode structure An electronic device such as a sensor or a NEMS. The electronic device comprises at least one substrate; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate; and at least one nano-wire growing from an edge of a first electrode to an edge of a second electrode. A met... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176505 | Electromechanical three-trace junction devices Three trace electromechanical circuits and methods of using same. A circuit includes first and second electrically conductive elements with a nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanical elements) disposed therebetween. An insulative layer is disposed on one of the f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167026 | Tri-state circuit using nanotube switching elements Nanotube-based logic circuitry is disclosed. Tri-stating elements add an enable/disable function to the circuitry. The tri-stating elements may be provided by nanotube-based switching devices. In the disabled state, the outputs present a high impedance, i.e., are tr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157990 | Radio frequency device and method using a carbon nanotube array A radio frequency (RF) filter includes a substrate, first and second dielectric layers formed on first and second portions of the substrate, a ground plane formed on a third portion of said substrate, a carbon nanotube array, and first and second electrodes. The thi... | 01/02/2007 |
