Synthesis of nanoscale arrays of coupled metal dots

Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 412-416

  Osifchin, Richard G ^a   Andres, Ronald P ^a   Henderson, Jason I ^a   Kubiak, Clifford P ^a   Dominey, Raymond N ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKYL THIOL; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; METAL CLUSTER; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0030374020     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/7/4/020     Document Type: Article

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20. Added note: since the time that the work reported herein was completed, we have improved the quality of the cluster size distribution and of the long range ordering in the linked arrays and have measured electronic conduction through a linked array deposited between two contact pads (Janes D B, Kolagunta V R, Osifchin R G, Bielefeld J D, Andres R P, Henderson J I and Kubiak C P 1995 Superlatt. Mircostruct. 18 276) (Andres R P, Bielfeld J D, Henderson J I, Janes D B, Kolagunta V R, Kubiak C P, Mahoney W J and Osifchin R G 1996 Science 273 1690)
21. Added note: since the time that the work reported herein was completed, we have improved the quality of the cluster size distribution and of the long range ordering in the linked arrays and have measured electronic conduction through a linked array deposited between two contact pads (Janes D B, Kolagunta V R, Osifchin R G, Bielefeld J D, Andres R P, Henderson J I and Kubiak C P 1995 Superlatt. Mircostruct. 18 276) (Andres R P, Bielfeld J D, Henderson J I, Janes D B, Kolagunta V R, Kubiak C P, Mahoney W J and Osifchin R G 1996 Science 273 1690)