Keithley 6430 Sub-Femtoamp Remote SourceMeter

General Notes:

SOP Under Construction

Keithley 6430: The four-quadrant sourcing plus measurement sensitivity down to sub-femtoamp and micro-volt levels. Remote PreAmp design minimizes cable and noise effects that reduce measurement accuracy. Measures currents with 400aA (400 * 10^-18) sensitivity. Allows measuring resistance with either the constant-voltage or constant-current method. Measures resistances from 1 micro-ohm to >1 Tera-ohm.

About this Machine

Applications include,

• Testing carbon nanotube transistors, switches, arrays, nano-bioelectronics, molecular electronic cells, and molecular transistors using I-V measurements.

• Testing single electron transistors using ultra-sensitive I-V measurements.

• Testing molecular diodes using breakdown voltage, I-V curves, and conductance.

• Testing nano-photovoltiacs using I-V, C-V measurements.

• Testing polymer nanofibers and nanowires using I-V measurements, conductivity/resistivity, high resistance measurements, low current measurements (1M ohm - 1*10^14 ohms).

• Testing nanotube (CNT) composites and structures, nanoparticles, composites, and structures using I-V measurements, conductivity, resistivity, thermal conduction, nanomanipulation, elastic constance, Young’s Modulus, cantilever force, I-V characteristics.

• Testing self assembly using source V, measure I, source I, measure V.

• Testing carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission using I-V measurements, and high voltage sourcing.

• Testing nanobatteries and energy using I-V measurements and charging/discharging.

• Testing quantum scale sensors and detectors and nanobiosensors using I-V measurements.

Useful Links

• LabTracer Software Download.

Using this Machine

Please refer to the Keithley Instruction Manual and Product Overview booklet. Both are stored in the ETL.