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Gold Nanowire Fabrication with Surface-Attached Lipid Nanotube Templates
Kristina Jajcevic1, Mohamed Chami2, Kaori Sugihara3
1Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Abstract:
A high-throughput approach to fabricate gold nanowires on surfaces with a lipid nanotube template is demonstrated. Streptavidin-coated gold nanoparticles are attached to the biotin-tagged lipid nanotubes. After the chemical fixation, the samples are dried and treated with oxygen plasma to remove the organic template and connect the particles. The created nanowires are characterized by cryo-transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and electrical measurements.

