Controlled deposition and combing of DNA across lithographically defined patterns on silicon

• Zeinab Esmail Nazari and
• Leonid Gurevich

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 72–76, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.8

• nanoelectronics [7][8][15][16], many biomedical and genomic studies employ molecular combing as an effective tool for the generation of highly ordered alignments of DNA for various investigations, including gene mapping, DNA sequencing, and analysis [17][18]. Most combing methods reported so far involve

Characterization and properties of micro- and nanowires of controlled size, composition, and geometry fabricated by electrodeposition and ion-track technology

• Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 860–883, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.97

• attracted an enormous interest due to a large variety of promising applications in areas such as nanoelectronics, biotechnology, magnetism, thermoelectrics, solar cells, and water splitting, among others [1][2][3][4]. Their reduced size, elongated geometry, and high surface-to-volume ratio turn nanowires

• plasmonic sensing as well as nanoelectronics [121][122]. However, the reliable fabrication of such structures remains a challenge. Techniques such as break-junction techniques and gap narrowing by electroplating have been employed, but their precision and reproducibility is limited [123][124]. The template

Reversible mechano-electrochemical writing of metallic nanostructures with the tip of an atomic force microscope

• Christian Obermair,
• Marina Kress,
• Andreas Wagner and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 824–830, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.92

• successfully demonstrated on the nanometer scale. Keywords: atomic force microscopy; electrochemical deposition; electrochemistry; nanoelectronics; nanofabrication; nanolithography; nanotechnology; MEMS and NEMS; reversible processes; scanning probe microscopy and lithography; Introduction The

Pinch-off mechanism in double-lateral-gate junctionless transistors fabricated by scanning probe microscope based lithography

• Farhad Larki,
• Arash Dehzangi,
• Alam Abedini,
• Ahmad Makarimi Abdullah,
• Elias Saion,
• Sabar D. Hutagalung,
• Mohd N. Hamidon and
• Jumiah Hassan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 817–823, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.91

• Farhad Larki Arash Dehzangi Alam Abedini Ahmad Makarimi Abdullah Elias Saion Sabar D. Hutagalung Mohd N. Hamidon Jumiah Hassan Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan

Revealing thermal effects in the electronic transport through irradiated atomic metal point contacts

• Bastian Kopp,
• Zhiwei Yi,
• Daniel Benner,
• Fang-Qing Xie,
• Christian Obermair,
• Thomas Schimmel,
• Johannes Boneberg,
• Paul Leiderer and
• Elke Scheer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 703–711, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.80

• the State of Baden-Württemberg, by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung within the Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”, by the DFG through a German-Japanese Strategic Programme on Nanoelectronics, within the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Volkswagen-Stiftung, and by the Alfried

Dimer/tetramer motifs determine amphiphilic hydrazine fibril structures on graphite

• Loji K. Thomas,
• Nadine Diek,
• Uwe Beginn and
• Michael Reichling

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 658–666, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.75

• ]. Organogelators have a tendency to form nanofibril structures in the bulk phase and, therefore, recently aroused much interest in the context of nanoelectronics [5]. Except for biological systems, organogel structures are the only synthetic self-organized linear entities, facilitating the construction of

Synthesis and electrical characterization of intrinsic and in situ doped Si nanowires using a novel precursor

• Wolfgang Molnar,
• Alois Lugstein,
• Tomasz Wojcik,
• Peter Pongratz,
• Norbert Auner,
• Christian Bauch and
• Emmerich Bertagnolli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 564–569, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.65

• nanowires; vapor–liquid–solid mechanism; Introduction As potential building blocks for nanoelectronics [1][2], bio-chemical sensors [3][4], light-emitting devices with extremely low power consumption, and solar cells [5], nanotubes [6] and NWs [7] have drawn a lot of interest during the last two decades

• the growth orientation can be controlled, which may prove useful for device integration. Therefore OCTS-grown NWs represent promising new alternatives in the upcoming fields of nanoelectronics, optics, thermoelectronics and sensor devices [36]. (a) tilted-view SEM image of Au-catalysed NWs grown at

Directed deposition of silicon nanowires using neopentasilane as precursor and gold as catalyst

• Britta Kämpken,
• Verena Wulf,
• Norbert Auner,
• Marcel Winhold,
• Michael Huth,
• Daniel Rhinow and
• Andreas Terfort

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 535–545, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.62

• biosensors [3] and chemical sensors [4], nanoelectronics [5], photonics [6] and photovoltaics [7]. In this context, it is important to be able to control parameters such as the diameter and length of the nanowires, as well as their localization [8]. Various techniques have been used in order to produce

Nanostructures for sensors, electronics, energy and environment

• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 351–352, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.40

• and reduce the power consumption in gas sensors. Nanoelectronics is the next step in the electronic roadmap, with many devices currently in production already containing components smaller than 100 nm. Molecules [1][2] and conducting polymers [3] are at the forefront of this research with the goal of

Nano-FTIR chemical mapping of minerals in biological materials

• Sergiu Amarie,
• Paul Zaslansky,
• Yusuke Kajihara,
• Erika Griesshaber,
• Wolfgang W. Schmahl and
• Fritz Keilmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 312–323, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.35

• fields as nanoelectronics [11], the physics of phase transitions [12], or material identification [13]. The underlying near-field interaction has been theoretically modeled and experimentally verified. The observable contrasts and spectra can be derived from the complex dielectric function of the sample

Forming nanoparticles of water-soluble ionic molecules and embedding them into polymer and glass substrates

• Stella Kiel,
• Olga Grinberg,
• Nina Perkas,
• Jerome Charmet,
• Herbert Kepner and
• Aharon Gedanken

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 267–276, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.30

• area of nanostructured composites is aimed at studying their fundamental properties as well as applications in tissue engineering, nanooptics and nanoelectronics [1][2][3][4][5]. Unlike the synthesis of NPs of metal oxides, metal chalcogenides, and even some metal fluorides, the synthesis of NPs of

Current-induced dynamics in carbon atomic contacts

• Jing-Tao Lü,
• Tue Gunst,
• Per Hedegård and
• Mads Brandbyge

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 814–823, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.90

• used to explore current-induced dynamics and instabilities. We find instabilities at experimentally relevant bias and gate voltages for the carbon-chain system. Keywords: carbon-nanoelectronics; current-induced forces; molecular contacts; nanoscale Joule heating; semiclassical Langevin equation

The atomic force microscope as a mechano–electrochemical pen

• Christian Obermair,
• Andreas Wagner and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 659–664, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.70

• microscopy; deposition; electrochemistry; nanoelectronics; nanofabrication; nanolithography; nanotechnology; NEMS and MEMS; scanning probe lithography; Introduction The controlled, patterned, electrochemical deposition of metals at predefined positions on the nanometer scale is of great interest for