Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates
The use of self-assembly techniques may open new possibilities in scaling down electronic circuits to their ultimate limits. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) nanotechnology has already demonstrated that it can provide valuable tools for the creation of nanostructures of arbitrary shape, therefore present...
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doaj-bd72a02b56c3463696eeee9984581e172020-11-24T20:41:46ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1422-00672018-10-011910301910.3390/ijms19103019ijms19103019Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA TemplatesTürkan Bayrak0Nagesh S. Jagtap1Artur Erbe2Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, GermanyInstitute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, GermanyInstitute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, GermanyThe use of self-assembly techniques may open new possibilities in scaling down electronic circuits to their ultimate limits. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) nanotechnology has already demonstrated that it can provide valuable tools for the creation of nanostructures of arbitrary shape, therefore presenting an ideal platform for the development of nanoelectronic circuits. So far, however, the electronic properties of DNA nanostructures are mostly insulating, thus limiting the use of the nanostructures in electronic circuits. Therefore, methods have been investigated that use the DNA nanostructures as templates for the deposition of electrically conducting materials along the DNA strands. The most simple such structure is given by metallic nanowires formed by deposition of metals along the DNA nanostructures. Here, we review the fabrication and the characterization of the electronic properties of nanowires, which were created using these methods.http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/10/3019nanoelectronicsDNA origamiself-assemblyDNA metalizationDNA-origami metalizationelectrical characterization |
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Türkan Bayrak Nagesh S. Jagtap Artur Erbe Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates International Journal of Molecular Sciences nanoelectronics DNA origami self-assembly DNA metalization DNA-origami metalization electrical characterization |
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Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates |
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Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates |
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Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates |
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Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates |
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Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates |
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review of the electrical characterization of metallic nanowires on dna templates |
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The use of self-assembly techniques may open new possibilities in scaling down electronic circuits to their ultimate limits. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) nanotechnology has already demonstrated that it can provide valuable tools for the creation of nanostructures of arbitrary shape, therefore presenting an ideal platform for the development of nanoelectronic circuits. So far, however, the electronic properties of DNA nanostructures are mostly insulating, thus limiting the use of the nanostructures in electronic circuits. Therefore, methods have been investigated that use the DNA nanostructures as templates for the deposition of electrically conducting materials along the DNA strands. The most simple such structure is given by metallic nanowires formed by deposition of metals along the DNA nanostructures. Here, we review the fabrication and the characterization of the electronic properties of nanowires, which were created using these methods. |
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nanoelectronics DNA origami self-assembly DNA metalization DNA-origami metalization electrical characterization |
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