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Parallel fabrication of nanogap electrodes
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Parallel fabrication of nanogap electrodes

Danvers E Johnston, Douglas R Strachan and A. T CHARLIE JOHNSON
Nano letters, Vol.7(9), pp.2774-2777
2007
PMID: 17696560

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Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties Electronics Exact sciences and technology Low-dimensional structures (superlattices, quantum well structures, multilayers): structure, and nonelectronic properties Micro- and nanoelectromechanical devices (mems/nems) Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties) Applied Sciences Physics
We have developed a technique for simultaneously fabricating large numbers of nanogaps in a single processing step using feedback-controlled electromigration. Parallel nanogap formation is achieved by a balanced simultaneous process that uses a novel arrangement of nanoscale shorts between narrow constrictions where the nanogaps form. Because of this balancing, the fabrication of multiple nanoelectrodes is similar to that of a single nanogap junction. The technique should be useful for constructing complex circuits of molecular-scale electronic devices.

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