# IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

### Early Access Articles

Early Access articles are made available in advance of the final electronic or print versions. Early Access articles are peer reviewed but may not be fully edited. They are fully citable from the moment they appear in IEEE Xplore.

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• ### Fault Modeling and Parallel Testing for 1T1M Memory Array

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Memristor memory is a novel electrical device, which has attracted more and more attentions as a new non-volatile memory due to its fast write/read speed, low operation voltage, long data retention time and excellent scalability. The gateless 1 memristor (1M) crossbar memristor structure has the highest density but suffers from the sneak-path problem. One transistor and one memristor (1T1M) struct... View full abstract»

• ### Microrobotic Assembly of Shape-customized 3D Microtissues based on Surface Tension Driven Self-alignment

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Engineered microscale tissues that replicate in vivo architectures have shown huge potential in drug discovery and regenerative medicine. This letter reports a microrobotic assembly method to fabricate 3D microtissues reproducing arbitrary morphologies of native tissues. Cell-laden micromodules are photo-crosslinked with cell-mixed hydrogel, which can be formed into customized shapes embedding cir... View full abstract»

• ### Wafer-scale fabrication and room-temperature experiments on graphene-based gates for quantum computation

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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We have fabricated at wafer scale graphene-based configurations suitable for implementing at room temperature one-qubit quantum gates and a modified Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm. Our measurements confirmed the (quasi)ballistic nature of charge carrier propagation through both types of devices, which have dimensions smaller than the room-temperature mean-free-path in graphene. As such, both graphene-bas... View full abstract»

• ### Distortion analysis of periodic ring patterns fabrication using surface plasmon interference lithography with an Al hexagonal grating structure on glass

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Surface plasmon lithography has been studied as a method to overcome the diffraction limit, which is the limit of general photolithography. Since surface plasmons are difficult to apply in the planar structure, various lattice structures should be utilized. In this study, a hexagonal Al nanodot structure was used. The surface plasmons generated in this structure were predicted by finite differenti... View full abstract»

• ### A New Device-Parameter-Oriented DC Power Model for Symmetric Operation of Junctionless Double-Gate MOSFET Working on Low-Power CMOS Subthreshold Logic Gates

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Based on the subthreshold current and equivalent transistor models, a new device-parameter-oriented average DC power model PDC for symmetric operation of junctionless double-gate MOSFET (JLDGFET) working on the low-power CMOS subthreshold logic gate is developed. Although short-channel effects (SCEs) can increase PDC significantly, the balanced transistor strength will reduce PDC more efficiently ... View full abstract»

• ### Facile fabrication of Novel sensing system for size detection of nanoparticles

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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We report a novel platform for sensing different sizes of noble metal nanoparticles. Exploiting evanescent field based excitation of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), gold and silver nanoparticles are immobilized on to surface of U- shaped silica optical fiber (SOF) with a bending diameter of 0.5 cm. We contemplate variation in LSPR responses with respect to altering sizes ranging from ~... View full abstract»

• ### Strain magnitude and direction effect on the energy band structure of hexagonal and orthorhombic monolayer MoS$_{2}$

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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We report changes of the band structure of hexagonal and orthorhombic cells of the monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) subject to various magnitude and direction of the mechanical strains based on the first principle method. The conduction band minimum (CBM) of this two-dimensional (2D) material has been calculated to establish the relation with both the magnitud... View full abstract»

• ### Enhanced performance of ITO-assisted electro-absorption optical modulator using sidewall angled silicon waveguide

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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The balance between extinction ratio and insertion loss is stringent conditionwhilerealizingefficient optical modulators with higher figure-of-merit (FOM), lower power consumption and wider modulation bandwidth. The higher value of FOM is associated with the requirement of larger extinction ratio and smaller insertion loss.In the model presented here, the balance betweenextinction ratio and insert... View full abstract»

• ### Role of Annealing Temperature, Time and Composition on the Fabrication of AuxPd1-x Nanostructures on c-Plane Sapphire by the Solid State Dewetting of Bimetallic Thin Films

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Bimetallic nanostructures (BNSs) are important components in various applications due to their elemental composition and morphology dependent catalytic, electronic and optical properties. In this paper, the systematic evolution of AuxPd1-x (gold-palladium) BNSs on sapphire (0001) is studied via the solid state dewetting of sequentially deposited Au-Pd bilayers along with the systematic control of ... View full abstract»

• ### Flexible substrate based few layer MoS2 electrode for passive electronic devices and interactive frequency modulation based on human motion

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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This paper reports the demonstration of human integrated electronic devices such as oscillators, RC filters by utilizing flexible capacitor fabricated using few layer MoS2 grown on Al foil via hydrothermal method as electrodes and cellulose paper as a dielectric material. There are no reports of MoS2 on flexible substrate being utilized as capacitor electrode and further applied human interactive ... View full abstract»

• ### Variability in Output Characteristics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistors

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Single-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) based thin film transistors (TFTs) are promising candidates for future electronic devices because of their excellent properties. However, device-to-device performance variability of TFTs can pose challenging problems which is rooted in the randomness of CNT networks, the variation in individual CNT properties due to change in chirality, and the fabrication imper... View full abstract»

• ### Addressing the Thermal Issues of STT-MRAM from Compact Modeling to Design Techniques

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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STT-MRAM (Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access Memory) possesses many desirable properties such as non-volatility, fast access speed, unlimited endurance and good compatibility with CMOS fabrication process. ITRS has highlighted the potential of STT-MRAM as one of the candidates for the next-generation universal memory technology. However, both the behaviors of the MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junc... View full abstract»

• ### In- ${Situ}$ Quantification the Complex Poisson's Ratio of Single Cells Using a Magnetic-Drive Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy Approach

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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In this work, a dynamic atomic force microscopy approach using a magnetic bead probe (MBP) is presented for in-situ quantification of the complex Poisson's ratio of single cells. The MBP is fabricated as a double-bead probe consisting of a polystyrene bead and a magnetic bead superimposed thereon. The polystyrene bead is molded into a flat surface to apply accurate global force to individual cells... View full abstract»

• ### Electrically-Controlled Permeation of Vapors Through Carbon Nanotube Network-Based Membranes

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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DC voltage was used to control and increase the permeation rate of typical carbohydrate and alcohol vapors through a conductive membrane composed either of a layer of entangled multiwalled carbon nanotubes or of a nanotube layer strengthened by a porous polyurethane non-woven mat. The permeation rate rise was partly due to Joule effect and thus increased membrane temperature and vapor pressure in ... View full abstract»

• ### Atomistic to Circuit-Level Modeling of Doped SWCNT for On-Chip Interconnects

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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In this article, we present a hierarchical model for doped single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) for on-chip interconnect application. We study the realistic CVD grown SWCNT with defects and contacts, which induce important resistance values and worsens SWCNT on-chip interconnect performance. We investigate the fundamental physical mechanism of doping in SWCNT with the purpose of improving its elect... View full abstract»

• ### Wrinkle-Free, Sandwich, Electrospun PLGA/SF Nanofibrous Scaffold for Skin Tissue Engineering

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Electrospinning is a technique for creating continuous nanofibrous networks that can architecturally be similar to the structure of extracellular matrix (ECM). In this work, a simple and semi-automatic electrostatic spinning system is designed, and a method of multi-layer composite electrostatic spinning is adopted, which is called the hierarchical construction (Sandwich mode). Then a kind of PLGA... View full abstract»

• ### On Image Charge Induced Barrier Lowering in Graphene-Semiconductor Contacts

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Graphene has been extensively studied as highly flexibly and optically transparent contacts in semiconductor devices, such as photodetectors, solar cells, and light emitting transistors. A Schottky barrier (SB) forms at the interface between graphene and semiconductor, whose height has an exponential impact to the current. In this work, image-charge-induced barrier lowering (BL) in graphene-semico... View full abstract»

• ### Encoder-based Optimization of CNFET-based Ternary Logic Circuits

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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In existing CNFET-based design methodologies that are used to implement ternary logic circuits, ternary signals are first converted to binary signals, which are then passed through binary gates and an encoder to get the final ternary output. In a ternary circuit, encoder is used to convert intermediate binary signals to final ternary outputs. This paper presents improved encoder designs which are ... View full abstract»

• ### Piezoelectric Thin Films of ZnO-Nanorods/ Nanowalls Grown by Chemical Bath Deposition

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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This study presents a comparison of the piezoelectric properties of nanostructured thin films made of arrays of vertically oriented ZnO-nanorods (ZnO-NRs) over ITO-glass substrate and of ZnO-nanowalls (ZnO-NWs) over aluminium substrate. Both nanostructures were synthesized on a large area through Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD). The morphological, structural and chemical characteristics of the prod... View full abstract»

• ### PRINS: Processing-in-Storage Acceleration of Machine Learning

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Machine learning algorithms have become a major tool in various applications. The high performance requirements on large-scale datasets pose a challenge for traditional von Neumann architectures. We present two machine learning implementations and evaluations on PRINS, a novel processing-in-storage system based on Resistive Content Addressable Memory (ReCAM). PRINS functions simultaneously as a st... View full abstract»

• ### Dramatic Impact of Dimensionality on the Electrostatics of PN Junctions and its Sensing and Switching Applications

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Low dimensional material systems provide a unique set of properties useful for solid-state devices. The building block of these devices is the PN junction. In this work, we present a dramatic difference in the electrostatics of PN junctions in lower dimensional systems, as against the well understood three dimensional systems. Reducing the dimensionality increases the depletion width significantly... View full abstract»

• ### High Performance Resistance Switching Memory Devices Using Spin-on Silicon Oxide

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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In this paper, we present high performance resistance switching memory devices (RRAM) with an SiO$_{2}$-like active layer formed from spin-on hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ). Our metal-insulator-metal (MIM) devices exhibit switching voltages of less than 1 V, cycling endurances of more than 10$_{7}$ cycles without failure, electroforming be... View full abstract»

• ### Automated Noncontact Micromanipulation Using Magnetic Swimming Microrobots

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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This work reports an approach to automated microfluidic trapping and manipulation using a peanut-like magnetic-drive swimming microrobot of about 0.8 7mu;m diameter and 3 μm in length. A hybrid electromagnetic actuator was developed to drive the microrobot in two motion modes: rolling and kayaking. The rolling mode can generate strong vortex flows for two-dimensional trapping and manipulati... View full abstract»

• ### Nanoscale Mapping of the Surface Potential: Multi-Frequency Modulation Open-Loop Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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In this paper, a new open-loop amplitude modulation Kelvin probe force microscopy is presented for nanoscale mapping of the surface potential. In this method, measurement of the contact potential difference (CPD) is performed with a normal probe under two electrostatic excitations. One excitation oscillates the probe in its second resonance mode with an amplitude of less than 5 nm and the other no... View full abstract»

• ### Enhancement of Broad Light Detection based on Annealed Al-NPs Assisted TiO2-NWs Deposited on p-Si by GLAD Technique

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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In this paper, broad band light detection properties of annealed vertically aligned TiO2 Nanowires (NWs) and Al Nanoparticles assisted TiO2 NWs (Al-NPs-TiO2-NWs) fabricated on Si substrates using indigenous glancing angle deposition (GLAD) system are investigated. The XRD spectrum manifests that the grain size of polycrystalline anatase TiO2 increases after annealing and also confirms the presence... View full abstract»

## Aims & Scope

The IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology is devoted to the publication of manuscripts of archival value in the general area of nanotechnology, which is rapidly emerging as one of the fastest growing and most promising new technological developments for the next generation and beyond.

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## Meet Our Editors

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Fabrizio Lombardi
Dept. of ECE
Northeastern Univ.