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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Heath, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Daniel V Leff, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gil Markovich, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428615 ; 428626 ;
Abstract
A single-electron solid state electronic device is characterized by organically functionalized nanometer size metal and metal alloy nanocrystal active elements. The electronic behavior of the device is distinguished by single electron charging phenomena, displaying characteristic Coulomb Blockade and Coulomb Staircase signatures.