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Guided immobilisation of single gold nanoparticles by chemical electron beam lithography.

ABSTRACT: The fabrication of periodic arrays of single metal nanoparticles is of great current interest. In this paper we present a straight-forward three-step procedure based on chemical electron beam lithography, which is capable of producing such arrays with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Preformed 6 nm AuNPs are immobilised on thiol patterns with a pitch of 100 nm by guided self-assembly. Afterwards, these arrays are characterised by using atomic force microscopy.

SUBMITTER: Schaal PA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3678398 | biostudies-literature | 2013

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Guided immobilisation of single gold nanoparticles by chemical electron beam lithography.

Schaal Patrick A PA Simon Ulrich U

Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 20130531

The fabrication of periodic arrays of single metal nanoparticles is of great current interest. In this paper we present a straight-forward three-step procedure based on chemical electron beam lithography, which is capable of producing such arrays with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Preformed 6 nm AuNPs are immobilised on thiol patterns with a pitch of 100 nm by guided self-assembly. Afterwards, these arrays are characterised by using atomic force microscopy. ...[more]

PMID: 23766959

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