{"title":"Effects of free edges and vacancy defects on the mechanical properties of graphene","authors":"M. Dewapriya, R. Rajapakse","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968087","url":null,"abstract":"Defects are unavoidable during synthesizing and fabrication of graphene based nanoelecromechanical systems. This paper presents a comprehensive molecular dynamics simulation study on the mechanical properties of finite graphene with vacancy defects. We characterize the strength and stiffness of graphene using the concept of surface stress in three-dimensional crystals. Temperature and strain rate dependent atomistic model is also presented to evaluate the strength of defective graphene. Free edges have a significant impact on the stiffness; the strength, however, is less affected. The vacancies exceedingly degrade the strength and the stiffness of graphene. These findings provide a remarkable insight into the strength and the stiffness of defective graphene, which is critical in designing experimental and instrumental applications.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114078208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Lyshevski, L. Reznik, Trevor C. Smith, M. Beisenbi, Janar Y. Jarasovna, N. Mukataev, Arystan N. Omarov
{"title":"Estimates and measures of data communication and processing in nanoscaled classical and quantum physical systems","authors":"S. Lyshevski, L. Reznik, Trevor C. Smith, M. Beisenbi, Janar Y. Jarasovna, N. Mukataev, Arystan N. Omarov","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968074","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies fundamentals of classical, classical-quantum and quantum information technologies to advance sensing, data acquisition and computing. The overall goal is to define, analyze and evaluate classical and quantum-mechanical information measures pertained to data processing by low-power nanoelectronic devices, nanoICs, nano-waveguides, CMOS nanophotonics, etc. Electronic, optoelectronic and photonic systems operate on the electron- and photon-induced transductions. There are fundamental differences in physics, arithmetics, device- and system-level solutions as electrostatic and quantum phenomena are utilized. This paper analyzes multi-physics quantum↔classical processing. We enable a knowledge base in cognizant areas across computer science and engineering. Our findings enable existing and future communication, sensing, information fusion, computing and processing platforms. Consistent tools and practical schemes facilitate developments of novel engineering solutions, technical readiness, technological capabilities and commercialization capacities.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121101447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A high-capacitance solid-state supercapacitor based on polyaniline and ground carbon fibers","authors":"A. Khosrozadeh, Q. Wang, M. Xing","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968170","url":null,"abstract":"Polyaniline tends to degrade in aqueous electrolytes and it can be alleviated using gel electrolytes. Here a low-cost solid-state supercapacitor of high energy density is fabricated with a facile method. The electrodes of the supercapacitor are made of a phytic acid-crosslinked freestanding film of polyaniline and ground carbon fibers and the electrolyte gel is composed of sulfuric acid and polyvinyl alcohol. Our results show that a maximum capacitance of 273.6 F/g (1.6 F/cm2) at a current density of 0.08 A/g can be achieved by the supercapacitor, which is significantly higher than most solid-state ones reported in the literature. The ability to achieve a high-capacitance supercapacitor with good cyclic stability is mainly attributed to excellent infiltration of the electrolyte gel into the electrodes. The developed lightweight, thin, flexible, and environmental friendly supercapacitor would have potential applications in various energy storage devices.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125047241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. M. Zimmer, K. Yoganathan, F. J. Giebel, D. Lutzenkirchen-Hecht, P. Glosekotter, K. Kallis
{"title":"Photoemission properties of LaB6 thin films for the use in PIDs","authors":"C. M. Zimmer, K. Yoganathan, F. J. Giebel, D. Lutzenkirchen-Hecht, P. Glosekotter, K. Kallis","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6967988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6967988","url":null,"abstract":"For the improvement of a commercially available photo ionization detector (PID) with respect to its gas selectivity and sensitivity, a thin emitter film (≈ 20nm) of lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) was integrated performing the gas detection by photo emitted electrons. To confirm the chosen emitter material's suitability as a photocathode, analyses were performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). Hereby, thin LaB6 films sputtered with higher argon flow rate and sputtering power produced a (100)-oriented film texture yielding work functions in the range of 3.42 to 4.05 eV, accordingly. Photoemission measurements were also realized, whereby quantum efficiency (QE) of thin LaB6 films is still too low compared to laser driven photocathodes when excited by 4.5 eV photons.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121483847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David L. Sloan, Gordon Hall, C. Backhouse, D. Elliott
{"title":"300 V integrated charge pump for lab on chip applications","authors":"David L. Sloan, Gordon Hall, C. Backhouse, D. Elliott","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968182","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we demonstrate a fully integrated 300 V low current charge pump design which has been manufactured using Teledyne DALSA's triple well 800 nm high voltage IC process. This charge pump is powered by a 5 V supply, drawing less than 2% of the USB 2.0 maximum current, thus enabling future low-cost compact point-of-care diagnostic devices that would be connected to and powered off a laptop or smart phone. We have demonstrated this device to be capable of producing 300 V while sourcing up to 10 μA.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122671126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transport simulation of armchair graphene ribbons with a generic potential in the presence of an orthogonal magnetic field","authors":"P. Marconcini","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968055","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of an orthogonal magnetic field is introduced into a numerical simulator, based on the solution of the Dirac equation in the reciprocal space, for the study of transport in armchair graphene ribbons with a generic potential. Different approaches are proposed and their accuracy and efficiency is compared. The code is applied to simulate armchair ribbons with different potential profiles and to analyze the effect of an increasing magnetic field on their transport behavior.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"792 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133319343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative analysis of chemoattractant gradient induced cell migration velocity and automatic controller design","authors":"Hao Yang, Xue Gou, H. Chu, Yong Wang, Dong Sun","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968077","url":null,"abstract":"Cell chemotaxis is a phenomenon in which cells spatially sense the chemoattractant gradient in the extra-environment and move along this gradient. This paper illustrates the relationship between the chemoattractant gradient and the cell velocity quantitatively, using a single-cell motility assay method based on optically manipulated microsources. A case study was performed on leukemia cancer cells. Quantitative study indicates that the cell is sensitive to the gradient, and can move faster under a high gradient. Based on the quantitative relationship, a control strategy was proposed to realize automatically induced cell migration. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133367013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial-resolved high-speed THz analog-to-digital convertor comprising phase modulated beam steering architecture","authors":"Zhao Xu, P. Mazumder","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6967999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6967999","url":null,"abstract":"We studied and characterized the beam steering effect for THz radiation based on the doubly-corrugated spoofed surface plasmon polariton (DC-SSPP) architecture and analyzed the design of a high-speed THz analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Metal-covered GaAs are used to form both arms of an interferometer, while voltage-controlled, localized carrier concentration provides modulation to the signal propagating phase. Relative phase differences between THz beams in separate arms of the interferometer can give rise to deflected radiation in the far field, which is further converted to a digitized output by a spatially arranged detector array. Applying the beam deflector with a full differential implementation of the input voltage signal and a combination of nonlinear detector arrays with carefully designed gain and saturation power, a 3-bit ADC with > 60 GS/s operation speed and direct digitized readout is demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"178 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115180074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Pierantoni, D. Mencarelli, A. Sindona, M. Gravina, M. Pisarra, L. Spurio, S. Bellucci
{"title":"Advanced techniques for the band structure-quantum transport modeling in graphene and 2D-materials beyond graphene","authors":"L. Pierantoni, D. Mencarelli, A. Sindona, M. Gravina, M. Pisarra, L. Spurio, S. Bellucci","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968186","url":null,"abstract":"We report on advanced full-wave techniques, both in the frequency and energy domains, aimed at the investigation of the combined electromagnetic-coherent transport problem in pristine graphene, as well as in some 2D-materials beyond graphene, with particular attention to buckleld silicene.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114677000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Literature survey on carbon nanotubes and their potential applications in cancer treatment","authors":"Mahidhara Utsav","doi":"10.1109/NANO.2014.6968038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2014.6968038","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have very interesting physicochemical properties, such as ordered structure with high aspect ratio, ultra-light weight, high mechanical strength, high electrical conductivity, high thermal conductivity, metallic or semi-metallic behavior and high surface area[1]. CNTs by virtue of their varied physical and chemical properties can find various applications in the health sector. This article deals with a brief review on the current status, developments, potentials and limitations of CNTs as nanovectors and biomarkers for cancer treatment.","PeriodicalId":367660,"journal":{"name":"14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114410256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}