Direct Synthesis of Multiplexed Metal-Nanowire-Based Devices by Using Carbon Nanotubes as Vector Templates

Pierrick Clément; Xinzhao Xu; Craig T Stoppiello; Graham A Rance; Antonio Attanzio; James N O'Shea; Robert H Temperton; Andrei N Khlobystov; Kevin R J Lovelock; Jake M Seymour; Richard M Fogarty; Alastair Baker; Richard A Bourne; Brendan Hall; Thomas W Chamberlain; Matteo Palma

doi:10.1002/anie.201902857

Direct Synthesis of Multiplexed Metal-Nanowire-Based Devices by Using Carbon Nanotubes as Vector Templates

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2019 Jul 15;58(29):9928-9932. doi: 10.1002/anie.201902857. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Authors

Pierrick Clément¹, Xinzhao Xu¹, Craig T Stoppiello², Graham A Rance³, Antonio Attanzio¹, James N O'Shea⁴, Robert H Temperton⁴, Andrei N Khlobystov^{2

3}, Kevin R J Lovelock⁵, Jake M Seymour⁵, Richard M Fogarty⁶, Alastair Baker⁷, Richard A Bourne⁷, Brendan Hall⁷, Thomas W Chamberlain⁷, Matteo Palma¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Materials Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.
² School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
³ The Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
⁴ School of Physics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
⁵ School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AT, UK.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
⁷ Institute of Process Research and Development, School of Chemistry and School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

PMID: 31059175
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902857

Abstract

We present the synthesis of metal nanowires in a multiplexed device configuration using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as nanoscale vector templates. The SWNT templates control the dimensionality of the wires, allowing precise control of their size, shape, and orientation; moreover, a solution-processable approach enables their linear deposition between specific electrode pairs in electronic devices. Electrical characterization demonstrated the successful fabrication of metal nanowire electronic devices, while multiscale characterization of the different fabrication steps revealed details of the structure and charge transfer between the material encapsulated and the carbon nanotube. Overall the strategy presented allows facile, low-cost, and direct synthesis of multiplexed metal nanowire devices for nanoelectronic applications.

Keywords: electronic devices; nanostructures; nanotechnology; nanotubes; template synthesis.

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