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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2008
Jerome Alexandre Bürki, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Charles Allen Stafford, Tucson, AZ (US);
Daniel L. Stein, New York, NY (US);
Jerome Alexandre Bürki, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Charles Allen Stafford, Tucson, AZ (US);
Daniel L. Stein, New York, NY (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A nanoscale variable resistor including a metal nanowire as an active element, a dielectric, and a gate. By selective application of a gate voltage, stochastic transitions between different conducting states, and even length, of the nanowire can be induced and with a switching time as fast as picoseconds. With an appropriate choice of dielectric, the transconductance of the device, which may also be considered an 'electromechanical transistor,' is shown to significantly exceed the conductance quantum G0=2e/h.