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One‐Step Patterning of Aligned Nanowire Arrays by Programmed Dip Coating
Author(s) -
Huang Jiaxing,
Fan Rong,
Connor Stephen,
Yang Peidong
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200604789
Subject(s) - nanowire , materials science , coating , dip coating , nanotechnology , slip (aerodynamics) , substrate (aquarium) , optoelectronics , physics , thermodynamics , oceanography , geology
Dip, stick, slip : Dip coating, a widely used industrial process for making thin films, is used to align and position nanowires by means of the stick–slip motion of the solvent meniscus. Nanowire arrays with predefined spacing can be readily “printed” on a large substrate with tunable wire density (see picture), thus providing a facile method for producing nanowire‐based devices.