A novel nanogap fabrication method using an electrochemical nanopatterning technique is presented. Electrochemical deposition of platinum ions reduces the microgap size to the sub-50-nm range due to the self-limited volume expansion of the electrodes. Additionally, the low crystallinity of platinum reduces the line edge roughness in the electrodes, whereas the high crystallinity of gold increas...

We perform direct local-field imaging of a plasmon-resonant gold nanoparticle pair separated by a gap of several nanometers using a scattering-type near-field optical microscope with a sharp silicon tip of atomic force microscope. The sharp tip allows the access for the nanogap and the high spatial resolution. Our results provide experimental evidence that the nanogap structure produces an opti...

We report on the fabrication of a molecular transistor based on a single molecule trapped in a few-layer graphene nanogap. The device is pre-patterned with He-ion beam milling or oxygen plasma etching prior to nanogap formation. Pre-patterning helps to localize the gap, and to make it narrower, so that only a few or a single molecule can be trapped in it. The nanogap is formed by an electroburn...

Nanogap sensors have a wide range of applications as they can provide accurate direct detection of biomolecules through impedimetric or amperometric signals. Signal response from nanogap sensors is dependent on both the electrode spacing and surface area. However, creating large surface area nanogap sensors presents several challenges during fabrication. We show two different approaches to achi...

We report a strategy for the fabrication of a new type of electrochemical nanogap transducer. These nanogap devices are based on signal amplification by redox cycling. Using two steps of electron-beam lithography, vertical gold electrodes are fabricated side by side at a 70 nm distance encompassing a 20 attoliter open nanogap volume. We demonstrate a current amplification factor of 2.5 as well ...

Telomerase has attracted much attention as a universal cancer biomarker because telomerase is overexpressed in more than 85% of human cancer cells while suppressed in normal somatic cells. Since a strong association exists between telomerase activity and human cancers, the development of effective telomerase activity assay is critically important. Here, a nanogaprich Au nanowire (NW) surface-en...

The main objective of this research is to develop a micro and nanogap structure using dry anisotropic etching –Reactive Ion EtchingRIE. Amorphous silicon material is used in the micro and nanogap structure and gold as electrode. The fabrication processes of the micro and nanostructure are based on conventional photolithography, wet etching for the Al pattern and wet etching for a-Si pattern usi...

We propose a new approach to experimentally determine the spatial resolution of nanogap quantum dot (QD) photodetectors consist of solution-processed QDs. Cross talk between a pair of closely positioned QD photodetectors was measured. Devices with 200 nm spacing exhibit low crosstalk of 8.4%. A single QD photodetector also shows high sensitivity, with a lowest detectable optical intensity of 95...

In this paper, the electrical performance of double gate organic field effecttransistor (DG-OFET) are thoroughly investigated and feasibility of the deviceas an efficient biosensor is comprehensively assessed. The introduced deviceprovides better gate control over the channel, yielding better charge injectionproperties from source to channel and providing higher on-state...

A nanogap fabrication process using strained epitaxial III-V beams is reported. The process is highly reproducible, allowing parallel fabrication and nanogap size control. The beams are fabricated from MBE-grown (GaAs/GaP)/AlGaAs strained heterostructures, standard e-beam lithography and wet etching. During the wet etching process, the relaxation of the accumulated stress at the epitaxial heter...