Patents by Inventor Efstratios Manousakis

Efstratios Manousakis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optoelectronic switch having a photovoltaic response and associated method of use
    Patent number: 9455365
    Abstract: A light-induced diode-like response in multi-layered MoSe2 field-effect transistors resulting from a difference in the size of the Schottky barriers between drain and source contacts, wherein each barrier can be modeled as a Schottky diode but with opposite senses of current rectification, wherein the diode response results from the light induced promotion of photo-generated carriers across the smaller barrier. The sense of current rectification can be controlled by the gate voltage which is able to modulate the relative amplitude between both barriers, yielding a photovoltaic response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Balicas, Nihar R. Pradhan, Efstratios Manousakis