Bottom-up device fabrication <i>via</i> the seeded growth of polymer-based nanowires
Osama El-Zubir, Emily L. Kynaston, Jessica Gwyther, Ali Nazemi, Oliver E. C. Gould, George R. Whittell, Benjamin R. Horrocks, Ian Manners, Andrew Houlton
Abstract
the seeded growth method known as "Living crystallisation-driven self-assembly'' and demonstrate that they are capable of spanning an interelectrode gap. Finally, a chemical oxidation step was used to transform the nanofibres into nanowires to generate a two-terminal device. This seeded growth approach of growing well-defined circuit elements provides a useful new design tool for bottom-up device fabrication.
Topics & Concepts
SeedingNanowireFabricationMaterials scienceNanotechnologyElectrodePolymerCrystallizationChemical engineeringChemistryComposite materialAlternative medicinePhysical chemistryPathologyMedicineEngineeringAerospace engineeringAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applicationsMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures