Abstract :
The following topics are dealt with: carbon nanotube tutorial in which CNT properties, growth techniques particularly CVD and plasma CVD, patterned growth, vertical alignment, challenges in controlling the diameter and chirality as well as scaleup issues, characterization, applications in nanoelectronics, sensors, field emission, and microscopy are discussed. In nanoelectronic tutorial, physics and fabrication issues of various nanoelectronic technology, their current state of the art, and proposals for the incorporation of these elements in various applications including local electronic architectures and sensing are discussed. In molecular electronics tutorial, a review of basic concepts in organic molecules and films, in connection to their electronic, optical and transport properties is discussed. Available experimental results and modelling approaches for single molecule devices are analyzed and operational principles, fabrication techniques, simulation tools for organic devices such as OTFTs, OLED, organic photodetectors and organic solar cells are also discussed. In bioelectronics, the biological cell involving dynamic structure composed of a myraid of nanosized modules, which communicate through an intracellular signalling network is discussed. This converges in cellular output signals, which reflect the functional activity of a cell and can be electronically registered. After introducing biological nanostructures involved, general principles of electrode characteristics, biological interactions with electrode structures, as well as sensor methodologies are presented. The basis of pH measurement is physical processes occurring at the liquid-insulator interface; these and the technological difficulties of ISFET fabrication are to be addressed. New challenges in technology evolve with the automation of bioelectronic sensors and this issue is discussed in particular with respect for high throughput screening in microtiter plates.
Keywords :
DNA; atomic force microscopy; ballistic transport; band structure; bioelectric phenomena; biomolecular electronics; biosensors; carbon nanotubes; electron field emission; electronic density of states; genetics; ion sensitive field effect transistors; microorganisms; molecular biophysics; nanoelectronics; nanotube devices; optical microscopy; organic light emitting diodes; pH; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; photodetectors; plasma CVD; proteins; quantum point contacts; scanning electron microscopy; solar cells; surface enhanced Raman scattering; thin film transistors; thin films; transmission electron microscopy; C; ISFET fabrication; OLED; bioelectronic sensor automation; bioelectronics; bioimpedance; biological cell structure; biological interactions; biological nanostructures; carbon nanotube patterned growth; carbon nanotube vertical alignment growth; cellular output signals; chirality; electrical properties; electrode properties; electrode structures; electronic properties; electronically registered cells; field emission; human body; hygiene sensor; intracellular signalling network; liquid-insulator interface; local electronic architecture applications; microorganisms; microscopy; microtiter plate screening; molecular electronics; nanoelectronic technology; nanosized myraid modules; nanotechnology; optical properties; organic TFT; organic films; organic molecules; organic photodetectors; organic solar cells; pH measurement; plasma CVD; sensing applications; single molecule devices; transport properties;
