PRODUCTION AND USE OF INDIUM/INDIUM OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES

摘要

An electrical device using metal nanocones and a method for handling nanocones. The electrical device includes a conductive element having a metallic spherical section, a metallic conical section integrally connected to the spherical end, and a tip section integrally connected to the conical section and narrowing in width as the tip section extends from the conical section. The electrical device includes a first electrode connected to the metallic spherical section, a second electrode disposed proximate the tip section, and a gate electrode applying an electric field to the metallic conical section and the tip section. The method includes filling a first surface containing nanocones with a polymerizable medium, polymerizing the medium to encapsulate the nanocones in the medium, and removing the polymerized medium from the first surface.