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Controlled Carbon Nanotube Alignment in Electrical Devices

Summary

Irving Herman, Ph.D.

Technology Benefits

Control over the number of nanotubes assembled between the electrodes Precise positioning of carbon nanotubes Simulations provide high level of predictive control for carbon nanotube positioning Ability to customize carbon nanotube geometry and architectureRapid and easy fabrication of devices with only one lithographic step Patent information:Patent Pending (US 20130228364)Tech Ventures Reference: IR M06-035

Technology Application

Production of similar materials containing Boron Nitride (BN) nanotubes, silicon nanowires, II-VI semiconductor nanowires, and other tube/wire-like structuresNanotechnology applications: field effect transistors (FETs), sensors, lab-on-chip microelectrodes, coatings, optics, and other nanoelectrochemical systems

Detailed Technology Description

Irving Herman, Ph.D.

*Abstract

None

*Inquiry

Jim AloiseColumbia Technology VenturesTel: (212) 854-8444Email: TechTransfer@columbia.edu

*IR

m06-035

*Principal Investigator

*Publications

Banerjee S, White B, Huang L, Rego B, O'Brien S, Herman I. ” Precise positioning of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ac dielectrophoresis” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures. 2006; 24(6):3173-3178.Banerjee S, White B, Huang L, Rego B, O'Brien S, Herman I. ” Precise positioning of carbon nanotubes by ac dielectrophoresis using floating posts” Applied Physics A. 2007; 86(4):415-419.

*Web Links

WIPO: WO/2007/106189

Country/Region

USA