PROGRAMMABLE MATTER

Nanoscale electronic materials and devices, namely, microscopic fibers and films of layered semiconductors, conductors, and insulators incorporating quantum confinement structures, namely, quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dot devices, quantum dot particles, p-n junctions, heterojunctions, and thin film capacitors; semiconductor devices; nanoscale electronic materials and devices, namely, smart structures that have one or more properties that can be altered in a controlled fashion by external stimuli including temperature, light, electric fields, or magnetic fields