Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2005-03-18
small, vol. 2, issue 1, January 2006, p. 110-115
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
10.1002/smll.200500148
We demonstrate wafer-scale integration of single electron memories based on carbon nanotube field effect transistors (cnfets) by a complete self assembly process. First, a dry self assembly based on a Hot Filament assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition technique allows both localized growth and in situ electrical connection of carbon nanotubes on predefined catalytic electrodes. The semiconducting carbon nanotubes integration yield can exceed 50% for a batch. Secondly, a wet self-assembly attaches single 30 nm-diameter gold bead in the nanotube vicinity via chemical functionalization. The bead acts as the memory storage node while the cnfet operated in the subthreshold regime is an electrometer having exponential gain. Below 50 K, the transfer characteristics of some functionalized cnfets show highly reproducible hysteretical steps whose height can reach one decade of current. Evaluation of the capacitance confirms these current steps originate from single electron transfers between the bead and the nanotubes with a time retention exceeding 550s at 1.5K.
Andre Emmanuel
Bonhomme A.
Bonnot A.-M.
Bouchiat Vincent
Iaia A.
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