Title :
Electric field assisted nanoparticle assembly
Author :
Razavi, Baharak ; Martin, Benjamin R. ; Mallouk, Thomas E. ; Jackson, Thomas N.
Author_Institution :
Center for Thin Film Devices & Mater. Res. Inst., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
In our electric field assisted assembly work, an AC electric field is used to align metallic nanowires to photolithographically defined electrodes. The metallic nanowires are fabricated by electroplating single or multiple metals in the pores of aluminum oxide or polymer membranes. After plating, the membrane is dissolved and the freed metallic nanowires are suspended in a fluid. This approach allows a large number (typically ~109-1010 in our labscale work) of nanowires to be quickly and easily fabricated
Keywords :
electric field effects; electroplating; nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; AC coupled electrodes; AC electric field; Al oxide membrane pores; electric field alignment; electric field assisted assembly; electroplating; fluid cell; metallic nanowires; multiple step heterogeneous nanocomponent assembly; photolithographically defined electrodes; polymer membrane pores; selective assembly; Aluminum; Assembly; Bars; Biomembranes; Dielectric substrates; Electric fields; Electrodes; Gold; Nanoscale devices; Nanowires;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7432-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISDRS.2001.984504
