Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages 4794-4798Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl1030425
Keywords
Gold nanoparticle; patterning; optical force; nanocircuit; nanopatterning; directed assembly; single nanoparticle
Categories
Funding
- DFG through the Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM)
- LMUexcellent
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Current colloidal synthesis is able to produce an extensive spectrum of nanoparticles with unique optoelectronic magnetic and catalytic properties In order to exploit them in nanoscale devices flexible methods are needed for the controlled integration of nanoparticles on surfaces with few nanometer precision Current technologies usually involve a combination of molecular self assembly with surface patterning by diverse lithographic methods like UV dip pen or microcontact printing (1 2) Here we demonstrate the direct laser printing of individual colloidal nanoparticles by using optical forces for positioning and the van der Waals attraction for binding them to the substrate As a proof of concept we print single spherical gold nanoparticles with a positioning precision of 50 nm By analyzing the printing mechanism we identify the key physical parameters controlling the method which has the potential for the production of nanoscale devices and circuits with distinct nanoparticles
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available