Electric-Jet Assisted Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles to Prepare Conducting Tracks

S. R. Samarasinghe, Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, M. J. Edirisinghe, M. J. Reece, Luis Liz-Marzán, M. R. Nangrejo, Z. Ahmad

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DOI: 10.4236/ns.2009.12018                

Abstract

A suspension of 15nm diameter gold nanoparti-cles has been deposited along a line on a silicon substrate with the assistance of a jet generated in an electric field. In order to control the evaporation of the solvent used to suspend the gold nanoparticles, a heating device was used to change the substrate temperature. Layer-by- layer deposition enabled the direct writing of gold tracks having an electrical resistivity of 1.8 × 10-7 Ωm, only about an order of magnitude above the electrical resistivity of bulk gold.

Keywords

Gold; Electrohydrodynamic; Jet; Direct Write; Track; Electrical Conductivity

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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