title: Note: adhesive stamp electrodes using spider silk masks for electronic transport measurements of supra-micron sized samples.
abstract: A procedure for fabricating adhesive stamp electrodes based on gold coated adhesive tape used to measure electronic transport properties of supra-micron samples in the lateral range 10-100 μm and thickness >1 μm is described. The electrodes can be patterned with a ~4 μm separation by metal deposition through a mask using Nephila clavipes spider dragline silk fibers. Ohmic contact is made by adhesive lamination of a sample onto the patterned electrodes. The performance of the electrodes with temperature and magnetic field is demonstrated for the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor (TMTSF)(2)PF(6) and single crystal graphite, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA. esteven@magnet.fsu.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Steven
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jobiliong
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Eugenio
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Brooks