Patent ID: 8138492

Claim:
A transistor comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode on a gate dielectric located or a substrate; and carbon nanomaterials or semiconductor nanomaterials located above the gate dielectric or substrate and between the first electrode and second electrode; wherein said carbon nanomaterials or semiconductor nanomaterials are obtainable by attaching a molecular precursor to the first electrode, the second electrode or both the first and the second electrodes, wherein the molecular precursor includes a surface binding group for metal attachment to at least one electrode and a binding group for attachment of metal-containing species; complexing the binding group for attachment of metal-containing species with a metal-containing species selected from a metal cation, metal compound, or metal or metal-oxide nanoparticle to form a metallized molecular precursor; and heating the metallized molecular precursor to provide a catalytic site from which the carbon nanomaterials or semiconductor nanomaterials form.