Photoconductive Nanowires
high sensitivity and excellent reversibility at room temperature
optoelectronic switchchemical/biological sensorsingle photon detection
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Patent Number: US7239769B2
Application Number: US200426576A
Inventor: Yang, Peidong | Kind, Hannes | Yan, Haoquan | Law, Matthew | Messer, Benjamin
Priority Date: 27 Dec 2001
Priority Number: US7239769B2
Application Date: 30 Dec 2004
Publication Date: 3 Jul 2007
IPC Current: G02B000626 | G02B000635 | G11C001302 | H01H000102 | H01L005130
US Class: 385016 | 385008 | 385012
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California,Berkeley
Title: Nanowire optoelectric switching device and method
Usefulness: Nanowire optoelectric switching device and method
Summary: As e.g. a switch, a sensor, a chemical sensor, photo-detector, opto-electronic device, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS), micro-optoelectromechanical system (MOEMS), a humidity sensor, or an oxygen sensor (claimed).
Novelty: Nanowire switching device, e.g. sensor, comprises nanowire structure having first and second conductivity values while active surface is subjected to respective first and second intensities of electro-magnetic radiation illumination
Optics
Optical Element
7239769
Tech ID/UC Case 17096/2002-001-0 Related Cases 2002-001-0
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