Vertical single nanowire devices based on conducting polymers
Journal article, 2012
A simple scheme for single conducting polymer nanowire fabrication and device integration is presented. We discuss a combined top-down and bottom-up approach for the sequential, precise manufacture of vertical polyaniline nanowires. The method is scalable and can be applied on rigid as well as on flexible substrates. The kinetics of the template-confined growth is presented and discussed. We further study the electrical behavior of single vertical polyaniline nanowires and address the fabrication of crossbar latches using a criss-cross arrangement of electrodes. The as-synthesized polyaniline nanowires display electric conductivities reaching values as high as 0.4 S cm(-1).
actuators
nanotubes
fabrication
templates
thin-film transistors
surfaces
polyaniline
nanofibers
organic transistors
transport
Author
A. Vlad
Universite Catholique de Louvain
C. A. Dutu
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Piotr Jedrasik
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory
Ulf Södervall
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory
J. F. Gohy
Universite Catholique de Louvain
S. Melinte
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Nanotechnology
0957-4484 (ISSN) 1361-6528 (eISSN)
Vol. 23 2Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Physical Sciences
DOI
10.1088/0957-4484/23/2/025302