Self-assembly of gold nanoparticles on gallium droplets: Controlling charge transport through microscopic devices

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 13640-13646

  Du, Kan ^a,b   Glogowski, Elizabeth ^a,c   Tuominen, Mark T ^a   Emrick, Todd ^a   Russell, Thomas P ^a   Dinsmore, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED ARCHITECTURE; CONVENTIONAL THEORY; COULOMB BLOCKADE EFFECTS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE LAYERS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; PATTERNED ELECTRODE; SPONTANEOUS ASSEMBLY;

COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GALLIUM; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES;

DROPS;

EID: 84887598198     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la403263z     Document Type: Article

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