Self-assembled gold nanowires from nanoparticles: An electronic route towards DNA nanosensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5515, Issue , 2004, Pages 117-124

  Zheng, Lifeng ^a   Li, Shengdong ^a   Burke, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectrohporesis; Nanoparticle; Nanotubes; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

CLAUSIUS-MOSOTTI FACTOR; DIELECTROPHORESIS; DIPOLE MOMENT; NANOWIRES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DNA; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; GOLD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SENSORS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 13244259277     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.560213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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