Patent ID: 6458327
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B82Y,C03C,G01N,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A nanoparticle structure for use in an electronic device configured such that a current can be conducted through said nanoparticle structure, comprising:a) a substrate; b) nanoparticles connected to the substrate and to each other by one or more bifunctional or polyfunctional ligands; and c) cavities for diffusion of an analyte therein and formed from the voids created by the connection of the nanoparticles to each other, wherein the nanoparticles are selected from the group consisting of a metal and a semiconductor; wherein the ligands connecting the nanoparticles to each other are different from the ligands connecting the nanoparticles to the substrate; and wherein said nanoparticle structure is adapted to be integrated in an integrated circuit with an amplifying element controlled by the current flowing through the nanoparticle structure.