Title :
Assembly of Bismuth Clusters into Nanowires Using Etched V-Grooves as Templates
Author :
Ayesh, A.I. ; Partridge, J.G. ; Brown, S.A. ; Reichel, R. ; Dunbar, A.D.F.
Author_Institution :
MacDiarmid Inst. of Adv. Mater. & Nanotechnol.
Abstract :
The cluster assembly method reported here employs V-grooves as templates for nanowire fabrication. This technique allows the formation of contacted electrically conducting nanowires using simple optical lithography and without painstaking manipulation of the clusters. In–vacuum, temperature dependent I(V) measurements were performed on Bi wires with widths ∼1 μm and lengths 50 μm. The temperature dependent resistance of the Bi wires is explained by the variation in the carrier concentration in Bi with temperature.
Keywords :
bismuth; carrier density; etching; metal clusters; nanotechnology; nanowires; photolithography; quantum wires; 1 mum; 50 mum; Bi; Bi wires; bismuth clusters; carrier concentration; cluster assembly; contacted nanowires; electrically conducting nanowires; etched V-grooves; in-vacuum measurements; nanowire fabrication; nanowires; optical lithography; temperature dependent measurements; temperature dependent resistance; templates; Assembly; Bismuth; Contacts; Etching; Lithography; Nanowires; Optical device fabrication; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Wires; Bismuth; Nanowires; Templated assembly;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2004 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8820-8
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2004.1577557
