Abstract:
A SERS-active structure is disclosed that includes a substrate and at least two nanowires disposed on the substrate. Each of the at least two nanowires has a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the substrate and the second end having a SERS-active tip. A SERS system is also disclosed that includes a SERS-active structure. Also disclosed are methods for forming a SERS-active structure and methods for performing SERS with SERS-active structures.
Abstract:
A multi-tiered network for gathering detected condition information includes a first tier having first tier nodes and a second tier having a second tier node. The second tier node is operable to receive detected condition information from at least one of the first tier nodes in a substantially autonomous manner. In addition, the second tier node is operable to at least one of store, process, and transmit the detected condition information. The network also includes a third tier having a third tier node configured to receive the detected condition information and to at least one of store and process the detected condition information.
Abstract:
A SERS-active structure is disclosed that includes a substrate and at least two nanowires disposed on the substrate. Each of the at least two nanowires has a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the substrate and the second end having a SERS-active tip. A SERS system is also disclosed that includes a SERS-active structure. Also disclosed are methods for forming a SERS-active structure and methods for performing SERS with SERS-active structures.
Abstract:
A surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus employs a nanorod in an indentation in a surface of a substrate. The SERS apparatus includes the nanorod having a tip at a free end opposite to an end of the nanorod that is supported by the substrate indentation. The indentation has a tapered profile and supports the nanorod at a bottom of the indentation. The free end of the nanorod extends away from the indentation bottom. The SERS apparatus further includes a Raman-active material at a surface of one or both of the nanorod and the indentation. The indentation and the nanorod facilitate one or both of production and detection of a Raman scattering signal emitted by an analyte in a vicinity of the nanorod and indentation.
Abstract:
A memory element is provided that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least a portion of the active region comprises an elastically deformable material, and wherein deformation of the elastically deformable material causes said memory element to change from a lower conductive state to a higher conductive state. A multilayer structure also is provided that includes a base and a multilayer circuit disposed above the base, where the multilayer circuit includes at least of the memory elements including the elastically deformable material.
Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to metamaterial-based devices and to methods of fabricating metamaterial-based devices. In one embodiment, a metamaterial-based device comprises a channel layer, a top metallic layer, and a bottom metallic layer. The channel layer has a top and a bottom surfaces, and at least one channel configured to transmit at least one material. The top metallic layer has a top surface and a bottom surface attached to the top surface of the channel layer and has a first lattice of openings extending between the top and bottom surfaces of the top metallic layer. The bottom metallic layer has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface of the bottom metallic layer is attached to the bottom surface of the channel layer.
Abstract:
A nanoscale switching device is constructed such that an electroforming process is not needed to condition the device for normal switching operations. The switching device has an active region disposed between two electrodes. The active region has at least one switching layer formed of a switching material capable of transporting dopants under an electric field, and at least one conductive layer formed of a dopant source material containing dopants that can drift into the switching layer under an electric field. The switching layer has a thickness about 6 nm or less.
Abstract:
A display device for displaying 3D holographic images has multiple pixels, each having a set of coupled optical resonators. The optical paths of the coupled optical resonators can be adjusted to impart a desired phase shift to light passing through the coupled optical resonators. The transmission amplitude and phase of each pixel of the display can be dynamically and individually adjusted for displaying 3D holographic images.
Abstract:
An optical modulator and related methods are described. In accordance with one embodiment, the optical modulator comprises a waveguide for guiding an optical signal, and further comprises a ring resonator disposed in evanescent communication with the waveguide for at least one predetermined wavelength of the optical signal. The optical modulator further comprises a semiconductor pnpn junction structure that is at least partially coextensive with at least a portion of a resonant light path of the ring resonator. The optical modulator is configured such that the semiconductor pnpn junction structure receives an electrical control signal thereacross. The electrical control signal controls a free carrier population in the resonant light path where coextensive with the pnpn junction structure. A resonance condition of the ring resonator at the predetermined wavelength is thereby controlled by the electrical control signal, and the optical signal is thereby modulated according to the electrical control signal.
Abstract:
An apparatus and related methods for facilitating surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) are described along with methods for fabricating the apparatus. For one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a metallic fishnet defining a plurality of voids therein. The metallic fishnet exhibits at least one acute V-shaped cross-sectional feature between at least one adjacent pair of the voids.