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Thermoregulation System for Biosensors Based on Field-Effect Transistors with a Nanowire Channel
In this work, an automatic thermoregulation system for biosensors based on field-effect transistors with a nanowire channel is demonstrated, providing full control and maintenance of the required temperature r...
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Nanoscale Biosensor with Integrated Temperature Controller for DNA Diagnostics
A CMOS compatible technique for fabricating a sensor system based on field-effect transistors with a nanowire channel with an integrated thermoregulation elements is presented. The proposed system provides the...
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Open AccessShear-induced chemical segregation in a Fe-based bulk metallic glass at room temperature
Shear-induced segregation, by particle size, is known in the flow of colloids and granular media, but is unexpected at the atomic level in the deformation of solid materials, especially at room temperature. In...
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A Multi-Electrode System for the Implementation of Solid-State Quantum Devices Based on a Disordered System of Dopant Atoms in Silicon
In this work, we present a nanoscale solid state structure, which is a 3D-array of tunnel-coupled arsenic dopants in silicon with a system of metallic electrodes leading to them. The structures of eight metal ...
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Detection of the Electric Potential Surface Distribution with a Local Probe Based on a Field Effect Transistor with a Nanowire Channel
A non-destructive method of scanning probe microscopy for simultaneous measurements of the surface topography and electric field (charge, potential) distribution is demonstrated. The surface is scanned by the ...
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A Method for Reconstructing the Potential Profile of Surfaces Coated with a Dielectric Layer
We propose a method of signal amplification for the scanning probe microscope mode, in which the distribution of the surface potential of a sample is measured simultaneously with topography using a local probe...
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Single-Electron Structures Based on Solitary Dopant Atoms of Arsenic, Phosphorus, Gold, and Potassium in Silicon
Here we present CMOS compatible fabrication methods and the results of an experimental study of single-atom single-electron transistors made from silicon on insulator and based on various dopant atoms. Transis...
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The Transport of Electrons through Tetrapod-Shaped CdTe/CdSe Nanocrystals
A quasi-one-dimensional model was developed for the transport of electrons in the scanning tunneling microscope needle–CdTe/CdSe tetrapod-shaped nanocrystal system. This model was used as a basis to study the ...
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High Quality Factor Mechanical Resonance in a Silicon Nanowire
Resonance properties of nanomechanical resonators based on doubly clamped silicon nanowires, fabricated from silicon-on-insulator and coated with a thin layer of aluminum, were experimentally investigated. Res...
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Single-electron transistor with an island formed by several dopant phosphorus atoms
We present the results of an experimental study of electron transport through individual phosphorus dopants implanted into a silicon crystal. We developed an original technique for single-electron transistor f...
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Optical emission of CdSe nanocrystals induced by the electrical current of a scanning tunneling microscope
Electroluminescence from a single CdSe nanocrystal (NC) excited by the tunneling current of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is measured. Such samples produce no plasmon emissions. This allows us to measu...
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Open AccessCorrelative light and electron microscopy using cathodoluminescence from nanoparticles with distinguishable colours
Correlative light and electron microscopy promises to combine molecular specificity with nanoscale imaging resolution. However, there are substantial technical challenges including reliable co-registration of ...
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Quantum entanglement between an optical photon and a solid-state spin qubit
Quantum entanglement is widely used for fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and applications such as quantum cryptography. Previous experiments have demonstrated entanglement of optical photons with trapped...
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UV detectors based on nanocrystalline ZnO films
Nanocrystalline films of zinc oxide deposited by rf magnetron sputtering are used as a working material of UV detectors. The photoelectric performance of UV detectors versus ZnO deposition conditions is studie...
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STM-induced molecular fluorescence from porphyrin molecules on metal substrates
Molecular fluorescence from ultrathin layers of H2TBP porphyrin on Au(100) and ZnTBP porphyrin on Cu(100) has been generated by the electrical excitation using an ultrahigh-vacuum scanning tunneling microscope. T...
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A Method for Controlled Synthesis of Anisotropic Nanoparticles and Nanosystems
In the present work it has been shown that the shape of ultrafme metallic magnetic particles is controlled by applied magnetic and/or electric fields and the state of reaction media during the nanoparticles fo...
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Noise squeezing in a semiconductor laser with an inhomogeneously broadened gain line
This paper is a theoretical analysis of the noise produced by a single-mode semiconductor laser. We allow for spectral hole-burning in the gain line and for the nonlinear dependence of the carrier spontaneous ...
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Single-electron transistor based on a single cluster molecule at room temperature
A single-electron molecular transistor is implemented at room temperature on the basis of a stable Langmuir monomolecular film consisting of a mixture of stearic acid and carborane clusters. Control of the tun...
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Detection of the proximity effect in Au/YBCO bilayers at 77 K with the aid of a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope
The characteristic features of the conductance of a tunneling contact, formed by a microscope tip and an Au/YBCO sandwich, are investigated with the aid of a scanning tunneling microscope. It is shown that the...
