Silicon nanowire bridge arrays with dramatically improved yields enabled by gold colloids functionalized with HF acid and poly-L-lysine

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1173-1177

  Oh, Jin Yong ^a   Saif Islam, M ^a  

^a Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Bridge; Gold colloid; HF; Nanowire; Poly L lysine; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRODE SURFACE TREATMENT; ELECTRODE SURFACES; GOLD COLLOID; HIGH PERFORMANCE SENSORS; PATTERNED SILICON ELECTRODES; POLY-L-LYSINE;

BRIDGES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COLLOIDS; ELECTRODES; GOLD; HAFNIUM; SILICON;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84888183258     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2282593     Document Type: Article

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