Abstract
This paper presents a microfabricated nanowire diluter which dilutes the concentration of nanowires in solution instead of by the conventional centrifuge process. The device has 16 pairs of gold electrodes in a micro channel composed of a glass substrate and PDMS. We prepared nickel nanowires by the template-directed electrodeposition method using nanoporous anodized aluminum template (AAO). We injected the Dimethylformamide (DMF) solution containing nanowires into the inlet of the diluter while applying square wave voltages on the electrodes to trap the nanowires at the subsequent gold electrodes by means of dielectrophoretic attraction forces. The concentration of nanowires at the outlet of the micro channel was changed as we expected, which illustrates that the device can effectively dilute nanowires and can be applied to a controlled assembly of nanowires.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 385-389 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Feb 2010 |
Keywords
- Dielectrophoretic attraction
- Nanowire diluter
- Nickel nanowires
- Template-directed electrodeposition