Dielectrophoretic assembly of ordered nanostructures: Harnessing thermal randomness and inter-particle interactions

Author

Papadakis, Stergios J. ; Hoffmann, Joan A. ; Deglau, David ; Chen, Andrew ; Monica, Andrew H. ; Tyagi, Pawan ; Gracias, David H.

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

27-27 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

If sufficiently developed, directed assembly of engineered nanostructures could revolutionize the manufacture of integrated devices. We describe the assembly of metallic and heterostructured nanowires into ordered arrays, and show that such assembly can be controlled by balancing the various relevant energy scales in the process in a manner analogous to crystal growth. These assemblies offer examples of structures that could be applicable to next-generation sensors and electronics.

Keywords

assembling; crystal growth; electrophoresis; nanostructured materials; nanowires; photolithography; crystal growth; dielectrophoretic assembly; energy scales; engineered nanostructures; heterostructured nanowires; integrated device manufacture; inter-particle interactions; metallic assembly; next-generation sensors; ordered nanostructure array; photolithography patterned electrodes; thermal randomness harnessing; Assembly; Dielectrophoresis; Nanotechnology; Physics; System-on-a-chip; dielectrophoresis; directed assembly; nanowire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microsystems for Measurement and Instrumentation (MAMNA), 2012

Conference_Location

Annapolis, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1781-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MAMNA.2012.6195100

Filename

6195100