Nanoscale Soldering of Positioned Carbon Nanotubes using Highly Conductive Electron Beam Induced Gold Deposition

Dorte Nørgaard Madsen; Kristian Mølhave; Ramona Valentina Mateiu; Peter Bøggild; A.M. Rasmussen; C.C. Appel; M Brorson; C.J.H. Jacobsen

doi:10.1109/NANO.2003.1231786

Nanoscale Soldering of Positioned Carbon Nanotubes using Highly Conductive Electron Beam Induced Gold Deposition

Dorte Nørgaard Madsen, Kristian Mølhave, Ramona Valentina Mateiu, Peter Bøggild, A.M. Rasmussen, C.C. Appel, M Brorson, C.J.H. Jacobsen

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We have developed an in-situ method for controlled positioning of carbon nanotubes followed by highly conductive contacting of the nanotubes, using electron beam assisted deposition of gold. The positioning and soldering process takes place inside an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (E-SEM) in the presence of a source of gold-organic precursor gas. Bridges deposited between suspended microelectrodes show resistivities down to 10-4 Ωcm and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) of the deposits reveals a dense core of gold particles surrounded by a crust of small gold nanoparticles embedded in a carbon matrix. Nanoscale soldering of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) onto microelectrodes was achieved by deposition of a conducting gold line across a contact point between nanotube and electrode. The solderings were found to be mechanically stronger than the carbon nanotubes. We have positioned MWNTs to bridge the gap between two electrodes, and formed soldering bonds between the tube and each of the electrodes. All nanotube bridges showed ohmic resistances in the range 10-30 kΩ. We observed no increase in resistance after exposing the MWNT bridge to air for days.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Third Conference on Nanotechnology
Volume	2
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2003
ISBN (Print)	0-7803-7976-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2003.1231786
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	3rd IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology - San Francisco, United States Duration: 12 Aug 2003 → 14 Aug 2003 Conference number: 3 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8708/proceeding

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Conference	3rd IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
Number	3
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	12/08/2003 → 14/08/2003
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8708/proceeding

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Madsen, DN, Mølhave, K , Mateiu, RV , Bøggild, P, Rasmussen, AM, Appel, CC, Brorson, M & Jacobsen, CJH 2003, Nanoscale Soldering of Positioned Carbon Nanotubes using Highly Conductive Electron Beam Induced Gold Deposition. in Proceedings of the Third Conference on Nanotechnology. vol. 2, IEEE, 3rd IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, San Francisco, California, United States, 12/08/2003. https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2003.1231786

Nanoscale Soldering of Positioned Carbon Nanotubes using Highly Conductive Electron Beam Induced Gold Deposition. / Madsen, Dorte Nørgaard; Mølhave, Kristian ; Mateiu, Ramona Valentina et al.
Proceedings of the Third Conference on Nanotechnology. Vol. 2 IEEE, 2003.

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