We report the self assembly of nanostructures via. the bottom-up approach by dielectrophoresis. Dielectrophoresis deals with the force on an electric dipole placed in an external in-homogenous field. The force depends on the geometry and volume of the dielectric material and on the frequency and gradient of the electric field. We report the self-assembly of metallic palladium nanowires from the aqueous solution by dielectrophoresis. The metal cations with the surrounding hydration shell and counter-ion cloud results in the formation of a dipole which responds to the local dielectrophoretic forces. Structural properties and morphology of the palladium nanowires are listed. Depending on the experimental conditions two different types of nanowires were grown. Some of them were extremely thin (5 nm diameter) and branched while the others were thick (25 nm diameter) and dendritic. The wire formation can be divided into the nucleation and growth process. For the particle assembly, a minimum threshold force is needed to overcome the random Brownian motion. The nucleation depends on the asperities on the electrode surface and the growth depends on the tip of the growing wires where exists extremely high field magnitude and in-homogeneties and so the force overcomes the threshold at these locations. We showed that wire growth depends a lot on the formation of the double layer at the electrode/solution interface and potential drop within the double layer. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) were also deposited between the electrodes leading to the formation of field-effect transistors (FETs). We produced CNTFETs having extremely high on/off ratio, in a single step without the requirement of any intermediate burning process of the metallic tubes. Besides these inorganic systems, we also investigated the dielectrophoretic experimental conditions required for self assembly of bio-molecules like microtubules between the electrodes. Hybrid structures were also formed by mixing these materials in combination of two. In conclusion, we report in this work the possibility to assemble a large variety of particles (ions, neutral particles and bio-molecules) between the electrodes leading to the device formation. The thesis was mainly devoted to the task for the synthesis and assembly of the nanostructures via. the bottom-up approach.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:14-ds-1234886392156-77111 |
| Date | 23 February 2009 |
| Creators | Ranjan, Nitesh |
| Contributors | Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Maschinenwesen, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pompe, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pompe, Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Dr. Gerhard Meyer |
| Publisher | Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:doctoralThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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