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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Zhenan Bao, Stanford, CA (US);
Jie Zheng, Atlanta, GA (US);
James C. Sturm, Princeton, NJ (US);
Troy Graves-abe, Princeton, NJ (US);
Zhenan Bao, Stanford, CA (US);
Jie Zheng, Atlanta, GA (US);
James C. Sturm, Princeton, NJ (US);
Troy Graves-Abe, Princeton, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method of fabricating the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a substrate having a planar surface and first and second electrodes located on the planar surface. The first electrode has a top surface and a lateral surface, and the lateral surface has an edge near or in contact with the substrate. An electrode insulating layer is located on the top surface and a self-assembled layer located on the lateral surface. The second electrode is in contact with both the self-assembled layer and the electrode insulating layer.