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Templated Gold Nanowire Self‐Assembly on Carbon Substrates
Author(s) -
Hutchinson T. O.,
Liu Y.P.,
Kiely C.,
Kiely C. J.,
Brust M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(200112)13:23<1800::aid-adma1800>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - materials science , tetrafluoroethylene , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , replica , nanowire , self assembly , substrate (aquarium) , template , colloidal gold , carbon fibers , replication (statistics) , carbon nanoparticles , composite material , copolymer , polymer , composite number , art , visual arts , oceanography , statistics , mathematics , geology
Artificial templates for the linear alignment of nanoparticles are readily obtained by friction transfer followed by a nano‐replication step. The particles align spontaneously probably due to the effect of entropic force fields generated by the surface topography of the corrugated substrate. The Figure shows self‐assembled lines of gold nanoparticles on a carbon replica of friction‐transferred poly(tetrafluoroethylene) lines.