Review and outlook: from single nanoparticles to self-assembled monolayers and granular GMR sensors

• Alexander Weddemann,
• Inga Ennen,
• Anna Regtmeier,
• Camelia Albon,
• Annalena Wolff,
• Katrin Eckstädt,
• Nadine Mill,
• Michael K.-H. Peter,
• Jochen Mattay,
• Carolin Plattner,
• Norbert Sewald and
• Andreas Hütten

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 75–93, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.10

• process is driven by a superposition of interparticle interactions and external forces [47][48][49][50][51][52][53]. Interparticle forces act on the nanocrystals in the liquid phase of a particle solution as well as during the assembly process on a substrate. Different forces may have major impact on the

• to the highly idealized particle distribution on top of the sensor: According to the preliminary section, (ferro-)magnetic particles form self-assembled structures and agglomerations in the liquid phase (Figure 10(a)). Therefore, the degree of clustered nanocrystals is much higher in the experimental