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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Predrag S. Krstic, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vincent Meunier, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Predrag S. Krstic, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vincent Meunier, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 27/403 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for enhancing the electron transport property measurements of a molecule when the molecule is placed between chemically functionalized carbon-based nanoscopic electrodes to which a suitable voltage bias is applied. The invention includes selecting a dopant atom for the nanoscopic electrodes, the dopant atoms being chemically similar to atoms present in the molecule, and functionalizing the outer surface and terminations of the electrodes with the dopant atoms.