Note: Adhesive stamp electrodes using spider silk masks for electronic transport measurements of supra-micron sized samples

A procedure for fabricating adhesive stamp electrodes based on gold coated adhesive tape used to measure electronic transport properties of supra-micron samples in the lateral range 10-100 mu m and thickness > 1 mu m is described. The electrodes can be patterned with a similar to 4 mu m separation by metal deposition through a mask using Nephila clavipes spider dragline silk fibers. Ohmic contact is made by adhesive lamination of a sample onto the patterned electrodes. The performance of the electrodes with temperature and magnetic field is demonstrated for the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor (TMTSF)(2)PF6 and single crystal graphite, respectively. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4704838]