• DocumentCode
    2771712
  • Title

    Nano-electromechanical zero-dimensional freestanding nanogap actuator

  • Author

    Han, Jun Hyun ; Yoshimizu, Norimasa ; Cheng, Tiffany ; Ziwisky, Michael ; Bhave, Sunil A. ; Lal, Amit ; Lee, Chung Hoon

  • Author_Institution
    Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    23-27 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1357
  • Lastpage
    1360
  • Abstract
    Micromachined free standing nanogap with metal electrodes is presented. The gap size is as small as 17 nm, and can be reduced further with electrostatic or piezoelectric actuation. The nanoscale gap is fabricated by industrial standard optical lithography and anisotropic wet chemical Si etching. Electron transport between the metal electrodes with optical stimulus enhancing photon-electron coupling (plasmon) is presented.
  • Keywords
    electrodes; etching; microactuators; nanoelectromechanical devices; piezoelectric devices; anisotropic wet chemical Si etching; electron transport; electrostatic actuation; industrial standard optical lithography; metal electrode; nanoelectromechanical actuator; nanoscale gap; photon-electron coupling; piezoelectric actuation; zero-dimensional freestanding nanogap actuator; Metals; Nanobioscience; Nanoscale devices; Optical device fabrication; Optical sensors; Silicon; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cancun
  • ISSN
    1084-6999
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9632-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734686
  • Filename
    5734686