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DNA-Mold Templated Assembly of Conductive Gold Nanowires

DNA-Mold Templated Assembly of Conductive Gold Nanowires

Türkan Bayrak, Seham Helmi, Jingjing Ye, Dominik Kauert, Jeffrey Kelling, Tommy Schönherr, Richard Weichelt, Artur Erbe, Ralf Seidel

Nano Lett. 2018 Mar 14;18(3):2116-2123.

PMID: 29482327

Abstract:

We introduce a new concept for the solution-based fabrication of conductive gold nanowires using DNA templates. To this end, we employ DNA nanomolds, inside which electroless gold deposition is initiated by site-specific attached seeds. Using programmable interfaces, individual molds self-assemble into micrometer-long mold superstructures. During subsequent internal gold deposition, the mold walls constrain the metal growth, such that highly homogeneous nanowires with 20-30 nm diameters are obtained. Wire contacting using electron-beam lithography and electrical conductance characterization at temperatures between 4.2 K and room temperature demonstrate that metallic conducting wires were produced, although for part of the wires, the conductance is limited by boundaries between gold grains. Using different mold designs, our synthesis scheme will, in the future, allow the fabrication of complex metal structures with programmable shapes.

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