Template Dissolution Interfacial Patterning of Single Colloids for Nanoelectrochemistry and Nanosensing

Joong Bum Lee, Harriet Walker, Yi Li, Tae Won Nam, Aliaksandra Rakovich, Riccardo Sapienza, Yeon Sik Jung, Yoon Sung Nam, Maier A. Stefan, Emiliano Cortes

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Abstract

Deterministic positioning and assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) onto substrates is a core requirement and a promising alternative to top-down lithography to create functional nanostructures and nanodevices with intriguing optical, electrical, and catalytic features. Capillary-assisted particle assembly (CAPA) has emerged as an attractive technique to this end, as it allows controlled and selective assembly of a wide variety of NPs onto predefined topographical templates using capillary forces. One critical issue with CAPA, however, lies in its final printing step, where high printing yields are possible only with the use of an adhesive polymer film. To address this problem, we have developed a template dissolution interfacial patterning (TDIP) technique to assemble and print single colloidal AuNP arrays onto various dielectric and conductive substrates in the absence of any adhesion layer, with printing yields higher than 98%. The TDIP approach grants direct access to the interface between the AuNP and the target surface, enabling the use of colloidal AuNPs as building blocks for practical applications. The versatile applicability of TDIP is demonstrated by the creation of direct electrical junctions for electro- and photoelectrochemistry and nanoparticle-on-mirror geometries for single-particle molecular sensing.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17693–17703
Number of pages11
JournalACS Nano
Volume14
Early online date3 Dec 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • nanoparticles
  • capillary-assisted particle assembly
  • localized surface plasmon resonance
  • nanoelectrodes
  • charge transfer
  • SERS

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