Formation and electrical interfacing of nanocrystal-molecule nanostructures

  • Claire Barrett
  • , Gaëtan Lévêque
  • , Hugh Doyle
  • , Donocadh P. Lydon
  • , Gareth Redmond
  • , Trevor R. Spalding
  • , Aidan J. Quinn

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Abstract

The formation of nanocrystal-molecule-nanocrystal nanostructures via controlled mixing of Au nanocrystals and bifunctional Re linkers is reported. UV-visible extinction data, coupled with histogram analysis of nanostructures measured using scanning electron microscopy has shown a characteristic optical response at wavelengths close to 600 nm following formation of dimer and trimer nanostructures. Directed assembly processes based on dielectrophoretic trapping have also been developed for electrical interfacing of these nanostructures between top-down nanoelectrode pairs for electrical characterization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-76
Number of pages6
JournalMRS Advances
Volume1154
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2009 MRS Spring Meeting: MRS Symposium B on Concepts in Molecular and Organic Electronics - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 13 Apr 200917 Apr 2009

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