Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Shadow Masks for Nanogap Fabrication

E. P. De Poortere; L. M. Huang; M. Huang; S. J. Wind; S. O'Brien; J. Hone; H. L. Stormer

doi:10.1063/1.2192636

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Shadow Masks for Nanogap Fabrication

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-11 v1 Materials Science

Authors: E. P. De Poortere , L. M. Huang , M. Huang , S. J. Wind , S. O'Brien , J. Hone , H. L. Stormer

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Abstract

We describe a technique for fabricating nanometer-scale gaps in Pt wires on insulating substrates, using individual single-walled carbon nanotubes as shadow masks during metal deposition. More than 80% of the devices display current-voltage dependencies characteristic of direct electron tunneling. Fits to the current-voltage data yield gap widths in the 0.8-2.3 nm range for these devices, dimensions that are well suited for single-molecule transport measurements.

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carbon nanotubes nanogap fabrication electron tunneling Pt wires shadow mask

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0604289,
  title  = {Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Shadow Masks for Nanogap Fabrication},
  author = {E. P. De Poortere and L. M. Huang and M. Huang and S. J. Wind and S. O'Brien and J. Hone and H. L. Stormer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0604289},
  year   = {2009}
}

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Shadow Masks for Nanogap Fabrication

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