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Search Publications by: Curt A. Richter (Fed)

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Distinct Contact Scaling Effects in MoS2 Transistors Revealed with Asymmetrical Contact Measurements

February 27, 2023
Author(s)
Zhihui Cheng, Curt A. Richter, Hattan Abuzaid, Jonathan Backman, Mathieu Luisier, Huairuo Zhang, Albert Davydov, Guoqing Li, Yifei Yu, Linyou Cao, Aaron Franklin
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have great potential for use in future electronics due to their atomic thin nature which withstands short channel effects and thus enables better scalability. Since improved scalability is the core advantage, both the channel

High-Resolution DNA Hybridization Kinetics Measurements with Double Gate FD-SOI Transistors

January 23, 2023
Author(s)
Seulki Cho, Alexander Zaslavsky, Curt A. Richter, Jacob Majikes, James Alexander Liddle, Francois Andrieu, Sylvain Barraud, Arvind Balijepalli
Double gate fully depleted SOI transistors operating in a remote gate configuration and under closed-loop feedback allow noise performance that exceeds their single gate counterparts by more than an order of magnitude. We leverage this high performance to

Control of the Schottky barrier height in monolayer WS2 FETs using molecular doping

August 26, 2022
Author(s)
Siyuan Zhang, Hsun-Jen Chuang, SON LE, Curt A. Richter, Kathleen McCreary, Berend Jonker, Angela R. Hight Walker, Christina Hacker
The development of processes to controllably dope two-dimensional semiconductors is critical to achieving next generation electronic and optoelectronic devices. Understanding the nature of the contacts is a critical step for realizing efficient charge

How to Report and Benchmark Emerging Field-Effect Transistors

July 29, 2022
Author(s)
Zhihui Cheng, Chin-Sheng Pan, Peiqi Wang, Yanqing Wu, Davood Shahrjerdi, Iuliana Radu, Max Lemme, Lian-Mao Peng, Xiangfeng Duan, Zhihong Chen, Joerg Appenzeller, Steven Koester, Eric Pop, Aaron Franklin, Curt A. Richter
Emerging low-dimensional nanomaterials have been studied for decades in device applications as field-effect transistors (FETs). However, properly reporting and comparing device performance has been challenging due to the involvement and interlinking of

High-performance dual-gate graphene pH sensors

June 28, 2022
Author(s)
Son Le, Seulki Cho, Alexander Zaslavsky, Curt A. Richter, Arvind Balijepalli
High precision biophysical measurements that are portable and performed without prior labeling of the molecules can greatly benefit several areas of biotechnology and biophysics, but existing techniques often lack sufficient resolution. Field-effect

Are 2D Interfaces Really Flat?

March 15, 2022
Author(s)
Zhihui Cheng, Huairuo Zhang, Son Le, Hattan Abuzaid, Guoqing Li, Yifei Yu, Albert Davydov, Linyou Cao, Aaron Franklin, Curt A. Richter
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are amenable to external mechanical deformation and thus forming bubbles and wrinkles. However, little is known about the dynamics of 2D interfaces, especially their flatness under different conditions. Here we use cross

Geometric interference in a high-mobility graphene annulus p-n junction device

January 10, 2022
Author(s)
Son Le, Albert Rigosi, Joseph Hagmann, Christopher Gutierrez, Ji Ung Lee, Curt A. Richter
The emergence of interference is observed in the resistance of a graphene annulus pn junction device as a result of applying two separate gate voltages. The observed resistance patterns are carefully inspected, and it is determined that the position of the

Impact ionization-induced bistability in CMOS transistors at cryogenic temperatures for capacitorless memory applications

July 29, 2021
Author(s)
Alexander Zaslavsky, Curt A. Richter, Pragya Shrestha, Brian Hoskins, Son Le, Advait Madhavan, Jabez J. McClelland
Cryogenic operation of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) silicon transistors is crucial for quantum information science, but it brings deviations from standard transistor operation. Here we report on sharp current jumps and stable hysteretic

Substrate-mediated hyperbolic phonon polaritons in MoO3

February 15, 2021
Author(s)
Jeffrey Schwartz, Son T. Le, Sergiy Krylyuk, Curt A. Richter, Albert Davydov, Andrea Centrone
Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) are hybrid excitations of light and coherent charge oscillations that exist in strongly optically anisotropic, two-dimensional materials (e.g., MoO3). These polaritons propagate through the material's volume with long

High-Resolution Biochemical Activity Measurements with Commercial Transistors

September 1, 2020
Author(s)
Seulki Cho, Son T. Le, Curt A. Richter, Arvind Balijepalli
We demonstrate that single-gated, commercially-sourced, field-effect transistors (FETs) operated with a lock- in amplifier (LIA) under closed-loop control can achieve an average pH resolution of 9x10^-4. This performance represents an 8-fold improvement

Electron-electron interactions in low-dimensional Si:P delta layers

June 15, 2020
Author(s)
Joseph Hagmann, Xiqiao Wang, Ranjit Kashid, Pradeep Namboodiri, Jonathan Wyrick, Scott W. Schmucker, Michael Stewart, Richard M. Silver, Curt A. Richter
Key to producing quantum computing devices based on the atomistic placement of dopants in silicon by scanning tunneling microscope (STM) lithography is the formation of embedded highly doped Si:P delta layers (δ-layers). This study investigates the

Rapid, quantitative therapeutic screening for Alzheimer's enzymes enabled by optimal signal transduction with transistors

April 14, 2020
Author(s)
Son T. Le, Michelle A. Morris, Antonio Cardone, Nicholas B. Guros, Jeffery B. Klauda, Brent A. Sperling, Curt A. Richter, Harish C. Pant, Arvind Balijepalli
We show that commercially sourced n-channel silicon field-effect transistors (nFETs) operating under closed-loop control achieve a resolution of (7.2+/-0.3)x10-3 pH units with a bandwidth of 10 Hz. The results represent an 3-fold improvement in performance

Use of quantum effects as potential qualifying metrics for "quantum grade silicon"

December 30, 2019
Author(s)
Aruna N. Ramanayaka, Ke Tang, Joseph A. Hagmann, Hyun S. Kim, David S. Simons, Curt A. Richter, Joshua M. Pomeroy
Across solid state quantum information, material deficiencies limit performance through enhanced relaxation, charge defect motion, or isotopic spin noise. While classical measurements of device performance provide cursory guidance, specific qualifying

Nonvolatile memory based on redox-active Ruthenium molecular monolayers

October 14, 2019
Author(s)
Kai Jiang, Sujitra Pookpanratana, Tong Ren, Sean Natoli, Brent A. Sperling, Joseph W. Robertson, Curt A. Richter, Sheng Yu, Qiliang Li
A monolayer of diruthenium molecules was self-assembled onto the silicon oxide surface in a semiconductor capacitor structure with a ‘click' reaction for nonvolatile memory applications. The attachment of the active molecular monolayer was verified by x

QUANTUM-LIMITED 2D SENSORS FOR PH AND BIOSENSING

September 27, 2019
Author(s)
Arvind K. Balijepalli, Son T. Le, Harish C. Pant, Curt A. Richter
We have developed biosensors based on dual-gated field-effect transistors (FETs) that operate at the quantum capacitance limit. The FETs are fabricated with atomically thin MoS2 semiconducting films and top-gated with a room temperature ionic-liquid. The

Quantum Capacitance-Limited MoS2 Biosensors Enable Remote Label-Free Enzyme Measurements

August 7, 2019
Author(s)
Son T. Le, Nicholas B. Guros, Robert C. Bruce, Antonio Cardone, Niranjana D. Amin, Siyuan Zhang, Jeffery B. Klauda, Harish C. Pant, Curt A. Richter, Arvind Balijepalli
We have demonstrated atomically thin, quantum capacitance-limited, field-effect transistors (FETs) that enable the detection of pH changes with 75-fold higher sensitivity (4.4 V/pH) over the Nernst value of 59 mV/pH at room temperature when used as a

Reproducible Performance Improvements to Monolayer MoS2 Transistors through Exposed Material Forming Gas Annealing

April 16, 2019
Author(s)
Nicholas B. Guros, Son T. Le, Siyuan Zhang, Brent A. Sperling, Jeffery B. Klauda, Curt A. Richter, Arvind Balijepalli
We have developed an optimized process to realize high-performance field-effect transistor (FET) arrays from large-area 2D MoS2 films with an average yield of 85 %. A central element of the technique is a new exposed film forming gas anneal (EF- FGA) that

Electrical Detection of Singlet Fission in Single Crystal Tetracene Transistors

January 4, 2019
Author(s)
Hyuk-Jae Jang, Emily Bittle, Qin Zhang, Adam Biacchi, Curt A. Richter, David J. Gundlach
Here, we present the electrical detection of singlet fission in tetracene by using a field- effect transistor (FET). Singlet fission is a photo-induced spin-dependent process yielding two triplet excitons from the absorption of a single photon. , In this