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Fine-tuning the Size and Minimizing the Noise of Solid-state Nanopores
Published on: October 31, 2013
Low-frequency noise in nanoparticle-molecule networks and implications for in materio reservoir computing
Cécile Huez1, David Guérin1, Florence Volatron2
1Institute for Electronics Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), CNRS, University of Lille, Av. Poincaré, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. dominique.vuillaume@iemn.fr.
Abstract:
We studied the low-frequency noise, i.e. flicker noise, also referred to as 1/f noise, in 2D networks of molecularly functionalized gold nanoparticles (NMN: nanoparticle-molecule network). We examined the noise behaviors of the NMN hosting alkyl chains (octanethiol), fatty acid oleic acids (oleylamine), redox molecule switches (polyoxometalate derivatives) or photo-isomerizable molecules (azobenzene derivatives) and we compared their 1/f noise behaviors. These noise metrics are used to evaluate which molecules are the best candidates to build in materio reservoir computing molecular devices based on the NMNs.
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