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Leland Stanford Junior University

Egypt Nanotechnology Center

Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.s.

Globalfoundries Inc.

Elpis Technologies Inc.

Egypt Nanotechnology Center (egnc)

Aselsan Elektronik Sanay Ve Ticaret A.s.

Shu-Jen Han

Dechao Guo

Damon B Farmer

Keith Kwong Hon Wong

Qing Cao

Jianshi Tang

George Stojan Tulevski

Chung-Hsun Lin

Aaron Daniel Franklin

Ali Afzali-Ardakani

Jun Yuan

Zhihong Chen

Kuen-Ting Shiu

Abram L Falk

Yu Lu

Bharat Kumar

Devendra K Sadana

Ning Li

Cheng-Wei Cheng

Alberto Valdes Garcia

Wilfried Haensch

Keith Aelwyn Jenkins

Masaharu Kobayashi

Ning Su

Fei Liu

Martin Michael Frank

Hsinyu Tsai

Ko-Tao Lee

Xuesong Li

Hareem Tariq Maune

Lian Guo

Josephine B Chang

Joshua T Smith

Sarunya Bangsaruntip

Siyuranga O Koswatta

Kangguo Cheng

Stephen W Bedell

Zhengwen O Li

Seyoung Kim

Tayfun Gokmen

Chia-Yu Chen

Li-Wen Hung

Edward William Kiewra

Glenn John Martyna

Daniel J Jaeger

Yanfeng Wang

Hyung-Min Lee

Ahmed Maarouf

Amal Kasry

Esin Akca

Cagla Akgun

Gokhan Demirci

Dahyun Oh

Razvan Nistor

Edward J Nowak

Jeehwan Kim

Michael Patrick Chudzik

Paul Michael Solomon

Dirk Pfeiffer

Brian Joseph Greene

Pranita Kulkarni

Gustavo Alejandro Stolovitzky

William K Henson

James Bowler Hannon

Philip Joseph Oldiges

Shan X Wang

Ajay K Royyuru

Edward P Maciejewski

Michael Engel

Yue Liang

Xiaojun Yu

Deqiang Wang

Pau-Chen Cheng

Myung-Hee Na

John Jacob Yurkas

Satyavolu S Papa Rao

Kai Zhao

Ching-Tzu Chen

Suyog Gupta

Wilfried E A Haensch

Hariklia Deligianni

Katherine Lynn Saenger

Edmund Juris Sprogis

Linda Karin Sundberg

Yu-Ming Lin

Charles Thomas Rettner

Hoa D Truong

Ageeth Anke Bol

Yanqing Wu

Leslie E Thompson

Richard Samuel Gaster

Robert Wilson

Brian Lin

Hsin-Ying Chiu

Kuan-Chang Chiu

Liang Xu

A method of protecting an in-vivo sensor includes forming a sensing surface on a surface of the in-vivo sensor, the sensing surface including a functionalized monolayer that will bind to an analyte of interest; and coating the sensing surface of the sensor with a bioabsorbable polymeric coating including a bioabsorbable polymer; wherein the bioabsorbable polymeric coating is configured to protect the in-vivo sensor until needed for implantation.

Controlled exposure of in-vivo sensors

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate, forming a carbon nanotube (CNT) layer on the first dielectric layer, forming a second dielectric layer on the carbon nanotube (CNT) layer, patterning a plurality of trenches in the second dielectric layer exposing corresponding portions of the carbon nanotube (CNT) layer, forming a plurality of contacts respectively in the plurality of trenches on the exposed portions of the carbon nanotube (CNT) layer, performing a thermal annealing process to create end-bonds between the plurality of the contacts and the carbon nanotube (CNT) layer, and depositing a passivation layer on the plurality of the contacts and the second dielectric layer.

N-type end-bonded metal contacts for carbon nanotube transistors

Methods of forming a battery include forming a thin graphene cathode on a substrate. A lithium anode is formed and an electrolyte is formed between the thin graphene cathode and the lithium anode.

Thin cathode for micro-battery

Sub-lithographic structures configured for selective placement of carbon nanotubes and methods of fabricating the same generally includes alternating conformal first and second layers provided on a topographical pattern formed in a dielectric layer. The conformal layers can be deposited by atomic layer deposition or chemical vapor deposition at thicknesses less than 5 nanometers. A planarized surface of the alternating conformal first and second layers provides an alternating pattern of exposed surfaces corresponding to the first and second layer, wherein a width of at least a portion of the exposed surfaces is substantially equal to the thickness of the corresponding first and second layers. The first layer is configured to provide an affinity for carbon nanotubes and the second layer does not have an affinity such that the carbon nanotubes can be selectively placed onto the exposed surfaces of the alternating pattern corresponding to the first layer.

Self-assembly of nanostructures

A drug delivery system includes a substrate, an integrated sensor disposed on the substrate, a drug delivery element disposed on the substrate, and a control unit coupled to the integrated sensor and the drug delivery element. The integrated sensor includes first and second electrodes disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The drug delivery element includes a reservoir disposed on the first surface of the substrate, a thermally active polymer enclosing the reservoir, and a heating coil disposed over the thermally active polymer. The control unit is configured to measure a biological parameter by measuring a voltage difference between the first and second electrodes of the integrated sensor, and to apply a trigger signal to the heating coil of the drug delivery element responsive to the measured biological parameter indicating a designated condition to heat up the thermally active polymer to selectively release a drug from the reservoir.

Controlled drug delivery in point-of-care drug delivery system based on real-time monitoring with integrated sensor

Batteries include an anode, an electrolyte having a high solubility for lithium ions and oxygen, and a cathode formed on a substrate. Lithium ions migrate from the anode through the electrolyte to form LiOat a surface of the cathode. A current collector positioned in the electrolyte, the electrolyte separating the anode from the cathode.

Differential, plasmonic, non-dispersive infrared gas sensors are provided. In one aspect, a gas sensor includes: a plasmonic resonance detector including a differential plasmon resonator array that is resonant at different wavelengths of light; and a light source incident on the plasmonic resonance detector. The differential plasmon resonator array can include: at least one first set of plasmonic resonators interwoven with at least one second set of plasmonic resonators, wherein the at least one first set of plasmonic resonators is configured to be resonant with light at a first wavelength, and wherein the at least one second set of plasmonic resonators is configured to be resonant with light at a second wavelength. A method for analyzing a target gas and a method for forming a plasmonic resonance detector are also provided.

Plasmonic non-dispersive infrared gas sensors

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a dielectric layer on a substrate, forming a first carbon nanotube (CNT) layer on the dielectric layer at a first portion of the device corresponding to a first doping type, forming a second CNT layer on the dielectric layer at a second portion of the device corresponding to a second doping type, forming a plurality of first contacts on the first CNT layer, and a plurality of second contacts on the second CNT layer, performing a thermal annealing process to create end-bonds between the plurality of the first and second contacts and the first and second CNT layers, respectively, depositing a passivation layer on the plurality of the first and second contacts, and selectively removing a portion of the passivation layer from the plurality of first contacts.

Carbon nanotube transistor and logic with end-bonded metal contacts

A plate varactor includes a dielectric substrate and a first electrode embedded in a surface of the substrate. A capacitor dielectric layer is disposed over the first electrode, and a layer of graphene is formed over the dielectric layer to contribute a quantum capacitance component to the dielectric layer. An upper electrode is formed on the layer of graphene. Other embodiments and methods for fabrication are also included.

Quantum capacitance graphene varactors and fabrication methods

Embodiments include microelectrodes including a flexible shank and a bioabsorbable material surrounding the flexible shank. The flexible shank can include a flexible substrate, a circuit, and a plurality of sensors. Embodiments also include a methods of forming flexible active electrode arrays including depositing a flexible polymer on a substrate. The methods also include forming a plurality of sensors on the flexible polymer and attaching a silicon-based chip to the flexible shank. The methods also include coating the flexible shank in a bioabsorbable material and cutting the shank and a portion of the bioabsorbable material from the substrate.

Flexible neural probes

A random value generator is provided that comprises a carbon nanotube structure that generates a random output current in response to a voltage input. The random value generator includes a random value output circuit coupled to the carbon nanotube structure that receives the random output current from the carbon nanotube structure and generates a random output value based on the received random output current from the carbon nanotube structure.

Carbon nanotube physical entropy source

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a channel layer on a substrate. A gate dielectric is deposited on the channel layer, and a mask is patterned on the gate dielectric. An exposed portion of the gate dielectric is removed to expose a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region of the channel layer. A first source/drain contact is formed on the first source/drain region and a second source/drain contact is formed on the second source/drain region. A cap layer is formed over the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact, and the mask is removed. Spacers are formed adjacent to sidewalls of the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact. An oxide region is formed in the cap layer and a carbon material is deposited on an exposed portion of the gate dielectric.

Semiconductor device with self-aligned carbon nanotube gate

A crosslinked self-assembled monolayer (SAM), comprising surface groups containing a nitrogen-heterocycle, was formed on an oxygen plasma-treated silicon oxide or hafnium oxide top surface of a substrate. The SAM is covalently bound to the underlying oxide layer. The SAM was patterned by direct write methods using ultraviolet (UV) light of wavelength 193 nm or an electron beam, forming a line-space pattern comprising non-exposed SAM features. The non-exposed SAM features non-covalently bound DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes (DNA-CNT) deposited from aqueous solution with a selective placement efficiency of about 90%. Good alignment of carbon nanotubes to the long axis of the SAM features was also observed. The resulting patterned biopolymer features were used to prepare a CNT based field effect transistor.

Nitrogen heterocycle-containing monolayers on metal oxides for binding biopolymers

A computer-implemented method and thermal imaging device includes a layer of plasmonic material and a processor. The layer of plasmonic material receive electromagnetic radiation from an object and generates radiance measurements of the electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of wavelengths. The processor determines an emissivity and temperature of the object from the radiance measurements and forms a thermal-based electronic image of the object from the determined emissivity and temperature.

Multispectral plasmonic thermal imaging device

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Shu-Jen Han