The post synthetic assembly of nanowires into desired configurations presents a unique challenge. The inherent size of nanowires does not lend it self to a method or process capable of easily arranging or manipulating these materials. The recent understanding of how contact-line deposition, or the "coffee-ring effect", influences isotropic particles has lead to interest in investigating its influence over nanowires. Research has shown that nanowires can be aligned and selectively deposited at the edge of a drying droplet as a result of evaporation-induced capillary flow. From this basic understanding several methods have developed with the intent of producing a facile, robust, and scalable nanowire assembly process. This work provides insight into the coffee-ring effect and the mechanisms that draw from it to align, assemble, and pattern nanowire structures prior to introducing and providing the results of a new contact line deposition method. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science. / Fall Semester, 2011. / November 2, 2011. / Alignment, Evaporation-Induced, Nanowires, Patterning, Printing, Self-Assembly / Includes bibliographical references. / Mei Zhang, Professor Directing Thesis; Okenwa Okoli, Committee Member; Zhiyong Richard Liang, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_182740 |
| Contributors | Abdelsalam, Farag (authoraut), Zhang, Mei (professor directing thesis), Okoli, Okenwa (committee member), Liang, Zhiyong Richard (committee member), Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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