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Single-electron transistors made by chemical patterning of silicon dioxide substrates and selective deposition of gold nanoparticles

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Coskun, UC; Mebrahtu, H; Huang, PB; Huang, J; Sebba, D; Biasco, A; Makarovski, A; Lazarides, A; Labean, TH; Finkelstein, G
Published in: Applied Physics Letters
September 2008

We describe a method to pattern SiO2 surfaces with colloidal gold nanoparticles by e-beam lithography and selective nanoparticle deposition. The simple technique allows us to deposit nanoparticles in continuous straight lines, just one nanoparticle wide and many nanoparticles long. We contact the prepositioned nanoparticles with metal leads to form single electron transistors. The Coulomb blockade pattern surprisingly does not show the parasitic "offset charges" at low temperatures, indicating relatively little surface contamination. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.

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Applied Physics Letters

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0003-6951

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

93

Issue

12

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  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 10 Technology
  • 09 Engineering
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Coskun, U. C., Mebrahtu, H., Huang, P. B., Huang, J., Sebba, D., Biasco, A., … Finkelstein, G. (2008). Single-electron transistors made by chemical patterning of silicon dioxide substrates and selective deposition of gold nanoparticles. Applied Physics Letters, 93(12).
Coskun, U. C., H. Mebrahtu, P. B. Huang, J. Huang, D. Sebba, A. Biasco, A. Makarovski, A. Lazarides, T. H. Labean, and G. Finkelstein. “Single-electron transistors made by chemical patterning of silicon dioxide substrates and selective deposition of gold nanoparticles.” Applied Physics Letters 93, no. 12 (September 2008).
Coskun UC, Mebrahtu H, Huang PB, Huang J, Sebba D, Biasco A, et al. Single-electron transistors made by chemical patterning of silicon dioxide substrates and selective deposition of gold nanoparticles. Applied Physics Letters. 2008 Sep;93(12).
Coskun UC, Mebrahtu H, Huang PB, Huang J, Sebba D, Biasco A, Makarovski A, Lazarides A, Labean TH, Finkelstein G. Single-electron transistors made by chemical patterning of silicon dioxide substrates and selective deposition of gold nanoparticles. Applied Physics Letters. 2008 Sep;93(12).

Published In

Applied Physics Letters

ISSN

0003-6951

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

93

Issue

12

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 10 Technology
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences