A method of fabricating a carbon nanotube based device, including forming a trench having a bottom surface and sidewalls on a substrate, selectively depositing a bi-functional compound having two reactive moieties in the trench, wherein a first of the two reactive moieties selectively binds to the bottom surface, converting a second of the two reactive moieties to a diazonium salt; and reacting the diazonium salt with a dispersion of carbon nanotubes to form a carbon nanotube layer bound to the bottom surface of the trench.

In one aspect, a method for placing carbon nanotubes on a dielectric includes: using DSA of a block copolymer to create a pattern in the placement guide layer on the dielectric which includes multiple trenches in the placement guide layer, wherein there is a first charge on sidewall and top surfaces of the trenches and a second charge on bottom surfaces of the trenches, and wherein the first charge is different from the second charge; and depositing a carbon nanotube solution onto the dielectric, wherein self-assembly of the deposited carbon nanotubes within the trenches occurs based on i) attractive forces between the first charge on the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes and the second charge on the bottom surfaces of the trenches and ii) repulsive forces between the first charge on the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes and the first charge on sidewall and top surfaces of the trenches.

A method of making a carbon nanotube structure includes depositing a first oxide layer on a substrate and a second oxide layer on the first oxide layer; etching a trench through the second oxide layer; removing end portions of the first oxide layer and portions of the substrate beneath the end portions to form cavities in the substrate; depositing a metal in the cavities to form first body metal pads; disposing a carbon nanotube on the first body metal pads and the first oxide layer such that ends of the carbon nanotube contact each of the first body metal layers; depositing a metal to form second body metal pads on the first body metal pads at the ends of the carbon nanotube; and etching to release the carbon nanotube, first body metal pads, and second body metal pads from the substrate, first oxide layer, and second oxide layer.

A bioFET cell for measuring a time dependent characteristic of an analyte bearing fluid includes a source, a drain, a semiconductive single wall carbon nanotube network layer extending between the source and drain electrodes and electrically coupled there between, a gate insulatively spaced from and disposed over and extending between the source and drain electrodes, a layer of at least one selected antibody disposed on and linked to the polymer layer to functionalize the semiconductive single wall carbon nanotube network layer to a selected target biomarker corresponding to the at least one selected antibody so that electron transport into the semiconductive single wall carbon nanotube network layer is facilitated, where the source, drain and gate electrodes with the carbon nanotube network layer form a defined channel through which the analyte bearing fluid may flow, and a high impedance source follower amplifier coupled to the source electrode.

The invention relates to a method for the synthesis of a nanocomposite compound comprising TiO.sub.2 nanoparticles bound to carbon nanostructures, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) mixing carbon nanostructures and at least one TiO.sub.2 precursor in a first liquid in order to form a stock suspension; b) nebulizing said stock suspension and transporting it into a reaction chamber by means of a gaseous flow; and c) carrying out laser pyrolysis of said stock suspension in said reaction chamber in order to simultaneously form TiO.sub.2 nanoparticles and graft them onto the nano structures.

An excellent complementary semiconductor device is provided using a simple process. An n-type drive semiconductor device including a substrate; and a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a semiconductor layer on the substrate; and including a second insulating layer on the opposite side of the semiconductor layer from the gate insulating layer; in which the second insulating layer contains an organic compound containing a bond between a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom; and in which the semiconductor layer contains a carbon nanotube composite having a conjugated polymer attached to at least a part of the surface thereof.

Apparatus including one or more carbon nanotubes; one or more fullerenes directly covalently bonded to the one or more carbon nanotubes; and one or more photoactive molecules bonded to the one or more fullerenes.

A method of detecting a presence and/or concentration of a marker, e.g., a marker, in a liquid, e.g., a liquid, is disclosed. The method comprises: contacting the liquid with a sensor having an immobilized affinity moiety interacting with the marker and being configured to generate a detectable signal responsively to the interaction. The method further comprises washing the liquid off the sensor, and detecting the presence and/or concentration of the marker based on a detectable signal received from the sensor within a time-window beginning a predetermined time period after a beginning time of the washing.

An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer, which has a high power factor and a low thermal conductivity and exhibits the characteristics of an n-type excellently maintaining performance stability even being exposed to a high temperature for a long period of time, a thermoelectric conversion element having the thermoelectric conversion layer as an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming a thermoelectric conversion layer used for forming the thermoelectric conversion layer.

The thermoelectric conversion layer of the present invention contains a carbon nanotube-containing n-type thermoelectric conversion material and a hydrogen bonding resin.

A sensor array comprising multiple discrete sensors for providing detection and prognosis of various diseases. The array is made up of multiple discrete sensors, each of which has a first and a second noble metal electrode on a silicon substrate, said electrodes separated by a gap. An electrically conductive pathway across the gap between the first and second noble electrodes is provided by a nano-network of functionalized polymer nanowires or carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) the arrangement providing a sensor. The multiple discrete sensors comprise a reference cell and multiple detection sensors functionalized using a panel of capture molecules to detect the same or different diseases or biological functions.