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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 665-667Publisher
A V S AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1116/1.1463068
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We present a simple process to fabricate gold nanocontacts with a gap as small as sub-10 nm. This method uses a two-step process of nanoirnprint lithography (NIL) and electromigration. First, 20 nm wide gold nanowires were fabricated by NIL on a silicon dioxide substrate. Then by passing an electric current through a nanowire, the nanowire is split into two wires with a gap as small as sub-10 nm by electromigration. This fabrication method offers a fast and effective process for producing large numbers of nanocontacts for use in molecular self-assembly, and thus greatly enhances the probability of successful capture of single molecules. (C) 2002 American Vacuum Society.
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