Lina Tizani, B. Mohammad, M. Rezeq, Ahmed Mahdy Yassin
{"title":"Electrical characteristics of Rectenna Integrated Au/HfO2/Pt and CNT Diodes","authors":"Lina Tizani, B. Mohammad, M. Rezeq, Ahmed Mahdy Yassin","doi":"10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677486","url":null,"abstract":"Optical antennas represent an optical detector similar to radiofrequency antennas but operating in the optical regime. Nowadays, optical antennas are attracting a lot of attention due to their enormous potential for applications in nanoscale optical microscopy, spectroscopy, solar energy conversion, integrated optical nano-circuitry, and molecular sensing, etc.[1]. This increased focus is due to the progress in nano-manufacturing technologies, which makes it possible to utilize sub-wavelength plasmonic structures in different shapes and sizes [2]. Different shapes of the apertures are evaluated for bio-sensing and in the infrared domain such as H-shape, cross shape as well as quad-triangles [3], and bowtie [4]. One fabrication process that can be very helpful in the fabrication of nano-antennas at a small scale (nm and $mu mathrm{m}$ scale) is utilizing nano-probe technologies for forming nano-Schottky based tunneling diode rectifiers [5].","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82129524","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}
Jordan T. Cook, J. Mahon, W. Emmerling, Lei Yu, R. Krchnavek, Wei Xue
{"title":"PMMA Nanocomposite Based Cryogenic Dielectrics for High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Cables","authors":"Jordan T. Cook, J. Mahon, W. Emmerling, Lei Yu, R. Krchnavek, Wei Xue","doi":"10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677481","url":null,"abstract":"High-temperature superconducting (HTS) cable systems delaminate at 175°C, necessitating a low processing temperature dielectric coating. A polymer nanocomposite can be prepared at temperatures below the HTS cable delamination temperature, mitigating this issue. The proposed polymer nanocomposite was composed of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and impregnated with silicon dioxide (SiO2) to improve the dielectric performance of the base polymer. Dielectric breakdown testing shows a significant increase in the dielectric strength of PMMA/SiO2 composites at cryogenic temperatures when compared to room temperature testing. The increase is most significant across higher filler concentrations where the dielectric strength more than triples over room temperature values from 60–90 kV/mm to ~290 kV/mm. The impact a colder testing environment has on dielectric performance makes PMMA/SiO2 nanocomposites a promising low temperature processing dielectric for adoption into HTS cable systems.","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82467588","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}
Fei Wang, Pengcheng Wang, James Jenkinson, Haowei Zhang, Fan Zheng, Li Sun
{"title":"High Performance Microcrack-based MWCNT-rubber Strain Sensor","authors":"Fei Wang, Pengcheng Wang, James Jenkinson, Haowei Zhang, Fan Zheng, Li Sun","doi":"10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677534","url":null,"abstract":"Here we report on the design, synthesis and characterization of a stretchable strain sensor using a cracked multi-walled carbon nanotube film plotted on an elastomer sheet substrate. This bilayer sensor was developed for measuring strains at levels much higher than the conventional metallic foil-based strain gauges; while achieving higher gauge factor, lower hysteresis and improved linearity comparing to other current advanced flexible strain sensors. Such improved piezoresistive responses originate from reproducible opening and closing of the uniformly distributed, high density microcracks that were generated in the carbon nanotube thin film during controlled pre-stretch training. The constraining of microcrack opening-and-closing and nanotube rotation help to stabilize and mitigate large strains and significant resistance variation, leading to superior mechano-electric performances.","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"146 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77027312","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}
G. Hajisalem, Mirali Seyed Shariatdoust, Rana Faryad Ali, B. Gates, P. Barclay, R. Gordon
{"title":"Individual Nanoflakes of Two Dimensional Materials Harmonic Generation with Ultralow Pump Power","authors":"G. Hajisalem, Mirali Seyed Shariatdoust, Rana Faryad Ali, B. Gates, P. Barclay, R. Gordon","doi":"10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677477","url":null,"abstract":"Two dimensional materials with nonlinear optical response are of interest for bioimaging and optical information processing. However, achieving a measurable second order nonlinear signal in thin films and two dimensional materials has relied on using pulsed lasers and intense optical focusing, which limits potential applications require nonlinear response by using low laser power or from nanoscale materials. Here we achieved second harmonic generation from nanoflakes of two dimensional materials with lateral size smaller than the diffraction limit by using a double nanohole plasmonic optical tweezer with a low-power continuous-wave laser. The plasmonic double nanohole aperture enhances the local field intensity and allows for single nanoflake trapping and significant second harmonic generation at the nanoscale. The two dimensional property of nanoflakes allows for positioning in an area with high local field intensity and achieving higher nonlinear response than bulk nonlinear nanoparticlesWe observed an increase in second harmonic generation power two orders of magnitude higher than. other bulk materials such as lithium niobate nanoparticles. This allows for having strong nonlinear generation at the nanoscale for applications such as subwavelength nonlinear imaging or information processing.","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"32 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73833561","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":"Quantum Transport in Conductive Bacterial Nanowires","authors":"William Livernois, M. Anantram","doi":"10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677490","url":null,"abstract":"The electrical properties of conductive heme-based nanowires found in the pili in Geobacter sulfurreducens bacteria were investigated using a density functional theory (DFT) model. Green's function methods were used to calculate quantum transmission and single molecule conductance in both the low temperature (coherent) and room temperature (decoherent) regimes. Several approaches were attempted for modeling the energy levels of the heme-sites, including semi-empirical methods, and quantum transmission was calculated at several different length scales. This result was compared to experimental findings as well as other modeling results for similar cytochrome structures, such as electron hopping models applied to neighboring heme sites. The results show that coordinated hemes prefer a low spin state with electron delocalization over the porphyrin rings and coordinating histidine groups from the protein scaffold. Orbital overlap between heme centers was shown to have a significant impact on quantum transport, with perpendicular heme centers having a rate limiting effect on transport. Semi-empirical models such as the extended Hückel method were found to be inaccurate for modeling transport, showing the importance of electron-electron repulsion and a more detailed model for the organometallic bonding.","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"40 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73249435","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}
T. Dutta, C. Medina-Bailón, N. Xeni, V. Georgiev, A. Asenov
{"title":"Density Gradient Based Quantum-Corrected 3D Drift-Diffusion Simulator for Nanoscale MOSFETs","authors":"T. Dutta, C. Medina-Bailón, N. Xeni, V. Georgiev, A. Asenov","doi":"10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677480","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we have developed a solver for the three-dimensional density gradient (DG) equation which is used to apply quantum corrections (QC) to the classical drift-diffusion (DD) simulator in a self-consistent manner. This module has been implemented in C++ using the finite volume method and has been incorporated into NESS (Nano-Electronic Simulation Software) which is being developed in the Device Modelling Group, University of Glasgow. Here, we summarise the implementation details and particularly highlight the impact of the three anisotropic DG masses, which are used as fitting parameters, on the charge profiles and current-voltage (I-V) characteristics in nano-transistors.","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"54 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84471012","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":"Abstract for IEEE NMDC 2021, October 17-20, 2021, Vancouver (Canada) (Energy harvesting at millimeter-waves exploiting dielectric resonator antennas (DRA) on Silicon)","authors":"S. Trovarello, D. Masotti, A. Costanzo","doi":"10.1109/nmdc50713.2021.9677520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/nmdc50713.2021.9677520","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76910661","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}
V. Mazières, R. Pascaud, L. Liard, S. Dap, R. Clergereaux, O. Pascal
{"title":"Time reversal plasmas as a versatile space-time patterning deposition method","authors":"V. Mazières, R. Pascaud, L. Liard, S. Dap, R. Clergereaux, O. Pascal","doi":"10.1109/nmdc50713.2021.9677515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/nmdc50713.2021.9677515","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6742,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC)","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87764426","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}