Condensed Matter Seminar - Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh, Oxide Nanoelectronics On Demand
Electronic confinement at nanoscale dimensions remains a central means of science and technology. I will describe a novel method for producing electronic nanostructures at the interface between two normally insulating oxides, LaAlO3 and SrTiO3. These structures and devices are “written” by a conductive atomic force microscope probe in ambient conditions at room temperature, and can be erased and reconfigured. The spatial dimensions of these structures are comparable to the width of a single-wall carbon nanotube (~2 nm). A wide variety of devices can be created, including nanowires, tunnel junctions, diodes, field-effect transistors, single-electron transistors, superconducting nanowires, and nanoscale THz emitters and detectors. This new, on-demand nanoelectronics platform has the potential for widespread scientific and technological exploitation.
Location: PCTS Seminar Room
Date/Time: 04/29/13 at 1:15 pm - 04/29/13 at 2:30 pm
Category: Condensed Matter Seminar
Department: Physics