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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40248-8
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government [2010-0018282, 2018R1D1A1B07041709]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2018R1D1A1B07041709] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Using alternating current electric fields, nanoribbons are fabricated from an aqueous suspension of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on mica substrate without resorting to further chemical functionalization of AuNPs. The potential and kinetic energies of AuNPs subjected to attractive forces from a mica substrate provide sufficient energy to pass the diffusion barrier of the gold atoms, which eventually leads to cold welding. A dielectrophoresis force exerted on polarizable particles in a non-uniform electric field contributes to the directed growth of the cold welding that occurs by adjusting the lattice structures of AuNPs. Depending on the concentration of the AuNP suspension, the frequency of the electric field, and the geometry of electrodes, various morphologies of nanoribbons are fabricated. It turns out that the welded region is nearly perfect to provide the same crystal orientation and strength as the rest of the nanostructures, which can be extensively utilized in the fabrication of various nanostructures.
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