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Bottom-up synthesis of ultrathin straight platinum nanowires: Electric field impact

Show Author's Information Alexander Nerowski1,  Joerg Opitz1,2,  Larysa Baraban1( ),  Gianaurelio Cuniberti1,3
Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden University of TechnologyDresden 01062 Germany
Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing Dresden 01109 Germany
Division of IT Convergence Engineering POSTECHPohang 790-784 Republic of Korea
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nanoelectronics, nanostructuring, bottom-up growth, directed electrochemical nanowire assembly (DENA), metal nanowires, local electric field
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Nerowski A, Opitz J, Baraban L, et al. Bottom-up synthesis of ultrathin straight platinum nanowires: Electric field impact. Nano Research, 2013, 6(5): 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0303-0
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We present a study of the electric field effect on electrochemically grown ultrathin, straight platinum nanowires with minimum diameter of 15 nm and length in the micrometer range, synthesized on a silicon oxide substrate between metal electrodes in H2PtCl6 solution. The influence of the concentration of the platinum-containing acid and the frequency of the applied voltage on the diameter of the nanowires is discussed with a corresponding theoretical analysis. We demonstrate for the first time that the electric field profile, provided by the specific geometry of the metal electrodes, dramatically influences the growth and morphology of the nanowires. Finally, we provide guidelines for the controlled fabrication and contacting of straight, ultrathin metal wires, eliminating branching and dendritic growth, which is one of the main shortcomings of the current bottom-up nanotechnology. The proposed concept of self-assembly of thin nanowires, influenced by the electric field, potentially represents a new route for guided nanocontacting via smart design of the electrode geometry. The possible applications reach from nanoelectronics to gas sensors and biosensors.


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Bottom-up synthesis of ultrathin straight platinum nanowires: Electric field impact

Show Author's information Alexander Nerowski1, Joerg Opitz1,2, Larysa Baraban1( ), Gianaurelio Cuniberti1,3
Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden University of TechnologyDresden 01062 Germany
Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing Dresden 01109 Germany
Division of IT Convergence Engineering POSTECHPohang 790-784 Republic of Korea

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We present a study of the electric field effect on electrochemically grown ultrathin, straight platinum nanowires with minimum diameter of 15 nm and length in the micrometer range, synthesized on a silicon oxide substrate between metal electrodes in H2PtCl6 solution. The influence of the concentration of the platinum-containing acid and the frequency of the applied voltage on the diameter of the nanowires is discussed with a corresponding theoretical analysis. We demonstrate for the first time that the electric field profile, provided by the specific geometry of the metal electrodes, dramatically influences the growth and morphology of the nanowires. Finally, we provide guidelines for the controlled fabrication and contacting of straight, ultrathin metal wires, eliminating branching and dendritic growth, which is one of the main shortcomings of the current bottom-up nanotechnology. The proposed concept of self-assembly of thin nanowires, influenced by the electric field, potentially represents a new route for guided nanocontacting via smart design of the electrode geometry. The possible applications reach from nanoelectronics to gas sensors and biosensors.

Keywords: nanoelectronics, nanostructuring, bottom-up growth, directed electrochemical nanowire assembly (DENA), metal nanowires, local electric field

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Received: 28 January 2013
Revised: 08 March 2013
Accepted: 10 March 2013
Published: 04 April 2013
Issue date: May 2013

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This work was supported by the European Union (European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund) and the Free State of Saxony (Saechsische Aufbaubank) in the young researcher group InnovaSens (SAB No. 080942409), and by the World Class University (WCU) program through the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (project No. R31-2008-000-10100-0). We gratefully acknowledge support from the German Excellence Initiative via the Cluster of Excellence EXC 1056 "Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden" (cfAED). We thank M. Poetschke and M. Bobeth for fruitful discussions.

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