Patent ID: 8058644
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: B82Y,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A nanostructure suitable for use in nano-technological circuits and in molecular electronics circuits, the nanostructure comprising: a planar, insulating substrate surface; a first thin-film, metal line structure comprising a precious metal and having a first top surface and a first bottom surface and a first metal line structure vertical end surface, the first bottom surface adhering to the planar, insulating substrate surface; a second thin-film, metal line structure comprising the same or a different precious metal and having substantially the same thickness and height as the first thin-film, metal line structure, and having a second top surface, a second bottom surface, and a second metal line structure vertical end surface, the second bottom surface adhering to the planar, insulating substrate surface, with the proviso that the first thin-film metal line structure and the second thin-film metal line structure lie on the same line adjacent to one another such that the first metal line structure vertical end surface and the second metal line structure vertical end surface are opposite one another and facing one another and separated by a gap having a pre-determined precise gap width of from about 0.3 nanometer to about 10 nanometers, and a gap length equal to a width of the first thin-film line structure or the second thin-film line structure.