Electric-field assisted assembly and alignment of metallic nanowires

Peter A. Smith; Christopher D. Nordquist; Thomas N. Jackson; Theresa S. Mayer; Benjamin R. Martin; Jeremiah Mbindyo; Thomas E. Mallouk

doi:10.1063/1.1290272

Electric-field assisted assembly and alignment of metallic nanowires

Peter A. Smith
, Christopher D. Nordquist
, Thomas N. Jackson
, Theresa S. Mayer
, Benjamin R. Martin
, Jeremiah Mbindyo
, Thomas E. Mallouk

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This letter describes an electric-field assisted assembly technique used to position individual nanowires suspended in a dielectric medium between two electrodes defined lithographically on a SiO₂ substrate. During the assembly process, the forces that induce alignment are a result of nanowire polarization in the applied alternating electric field. This alignment approach has facilitated rapid electrical characterization of 350-and 70-nm-diameter Au nanowires, which had room-temperature resistivities of approximately 2.9 and 4.5× 10^-6 Ω cm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1399-1401
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1290272
State	Published - Aug 28 2000

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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