Limitations of au particle nanoassembly using dielectrophoretic force - A parametric experimental and theoretical study

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-479

  Li, Minglin ^a,b,c   Qu, Yanli ^a   Dong, Zaili ^a   Wang, Yuechao ^a   Li, Wen J ^a,d  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dielectrophoresis (DEP); Gold nanoparticles; Nanoassembly; Nanomanipulation; Pearl chain formation

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GOLD; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AC ELECTRIC FIELDS; APPLIED FIELDS; BROWNIAN MOTIONS; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DEP FORCES; DIELECTROPHORESIS (DEP); DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS; FLUID FLOWING; FORMATION RATES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GOLD COLLOIDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOW FREQUENCY LIMITS; NANO ASSEMBLIES; NANOASSEMBLY; NANOMANIPULATION; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; PEARL CHAIN FORMATION; SIMULATED RESULTS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 48849099298     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2008.926351     Document Type: Article

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