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Efficiency of assembling of nanowires in suspension by ac electric fields

Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 223115 (2006); doi:10.1063/1.2397384

Published 30 November 2006 | See: Erratum

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D. L. Fan
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

F. Q. Zhu
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

R. C. Cammarata
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

C. L. Chien
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
The authors report a versatile and efficient method for assembling nanowires in suspension into scaffolds using ac electric fields. The electric field and its gradient aligns and transports, respectively, the nanowires into scaffolds according to the electric field distributions. The assembling efficiency strongly depends on the frequency of the applied ac voltages and varies as square of the voltage. The assembly morphology is highly influenced by the frequency regardless of applied voltages. ©2006 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 16 August 2006; accepted 22 September 2006; published 30 November 2006
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ERRATUM

  1. Erratum: “Efficiency of assembling of nanowires in suspension by AC electric fields” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 223115 (2006)]
    D. L. Fan et al.
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 109902 (2008)

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PACS
  • 81.16.Dn
    Self-assembly in nanofabrication and processing
  • 61.46.-w
    Nanoscale materials
  • YEAR: 2006

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