Review of the Electrical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires on DNA Templates

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Artur Erbe¹  NageshS. Jagtap¹  Türkan Bayrak¹ 

[1] Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany;

关键词: nanoelectronics;    DNA origami;    self-assembly;    DNA metalization;    DNA-origami metalization;    electrical characterization;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms19103019

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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