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Directed Assembly of Nanoelements Using Electrostatically Addressable Templates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Xugang Xiong ,
Prashanth Makaram ,
Kaveh Bakhtari ,
Sivasubramanian Somu ,
Ahmed Busnaina ,
Jason Small ,
Nick Mcgruer  and
Jingoo Park
Xugang Xiong
Affiliation:
xiong@coe.neu.edu, Northeastern University, 467 Egan Center, 120 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States, 617-373-8297
Prashanth Makaram
Affiliation:
pmakaram@coe.neu.edu
Kaveh Bakhtari
Affiliation:
k_bakhtari@yahoo.com
Sivasubramanian Somu
Affiliation:
ssomu@ECE.NEU.EDU
Ahmed Busnaina
Affiliation:
busnaina@coe.neu.edu
Jason Small
Affiliation:
small@coe.neu.edu
Nick Mcgruer
Affiliation:
mcgruer@ECE.NEU.EDU
Jingoo Park
Affiliation:
jppark@hanyang.ac.kr, Hanyang University, Korea, Republic of
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Abstract

Directed assembly of nanoparticles and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using electrostatically addressable templates has been demonstrated. Nanoparticles down to 50 nm are assembled on the Au micro and nanowires of the templates in a DC and AC electric fields. The nanoparticles can be assembled in monolayers and thicker layers. Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are also assembled without alignment on Au wires using the nanotemplate. As the size of the template wires is reduced to nanoscale dimensions, an AC electric field proves to be more effective for nanoparticle assembly than a DC electric field.

Keywords

self-assemblynanoscalenanostructure

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