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Carbon Nanotube Crossed Junction by Two Step Dielectrophoresis

Arun, Anupama
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Salet, Paul
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Ionescu, Adrian M.  
2011
Journal Of Nanoscience And Nanotechnology

The crossed junction formed between a multi walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) and a bundle of single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) is investigated. The junction is fabricated by orthogonally assembling the MWCNT and SWCNT by a two-step dielectrophoresis process. The conventional dielectrophoresis method to self-assemble carbon nanotubes has been modified to be able to align single MWCNT and SWCNT at predefined location on a substrate. At room temperature, the junction has an ohmic behavior with junction resistance of about 500 K Omega or a conductance of 0.05 (e(2)/h). At 77 K, the onset of a Schottky-like behavior was observed. The resulting junction has an extremely tiny area of less than 20 nm(2) and yet supports a current density of 10(7) A/cm(2) at 1 V. The proposed fabrication technique is a convenient way to fabricate novel prototype devices to investigate material properties and new device architecture. Following further optimization, this cross-junction can be an interesting candidate for cross-bar like interconnects, with potential applications in dense logic and memory circuits.

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DOI
10.1166/jnn.2011.4116
Web of Science ID

WOS:000291568100033

Author(s)
Arun, Anupama
Salet, Paul
Ionescu, Adrian M.  
Date Issued

2011

Published in
Journal Of Nanoscience And Nanotechnology
Volume

11

Start page

4919

End page

4922

Subjects

Carbon Nanotubes

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Crossed-Junction

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Dielectrophoresis

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Self-Assembly

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REVIEWED

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December 16, 2011
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