%0 Journal Article
%T Electric-Jet Assisted Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles to Prepare Conducting Tracks
%A S. R. Samarasinghe
%A Isabel Pastoriza-Santos
%A M. J. Edirisinghe
%A M. J. Reece
%A Luis Liz-Marz¨¢n
%A M. R. Nangrejo
%A Z. Ahmad
%J Natural Science
%P 142-150
%@ 2150-4105
%D 2009
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ns.2009.12018
%X A suspension of 15nm diameter gold nanoparti-cles has been deposited along a line on a silicon substrate with the assistance of a jet generated in an electric field. In order to control the evaporation of the solvent used to suspend the gold nanoparticles, a heating device was used to change the substrate temperature. Layer-by- layer deposition enabled the direct writing of gold tracks having an electrical resistivity of 1.8 ¡Á 10-7 ¦¸m, only about an order of magnitude above the electrical resistivity of bulk gold.
%K Gold
%K Electrohydrodynamic
%K Jet
%K Direct Write
%K Track
%K Electrical Conductivity
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=720