title: Magnetic field directed fabrication of conducting polymer nanowires.
abstract: The self-assembly of nanoparticles is an efficient and precise method to fabricate nanoscale devices. By manipulating iron oxide nanoparticles in suspension with an external field to form magnetically directed linear assemblies, we demonstrate the feasibility of using this structure to template the synthesis of PEDOT:PSS conducting polymer nanowires in suspension. Furthermore these conducting wires can be assembled on interdigitated electrodes to form an array of conducting nanowires.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia M313, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Saquib Ahmed M A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Peerzade
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Stuart I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Hodgetts
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Giles W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Plant
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luzinov
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: St Pierre
authors.forename: K Swaminathan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Iyer
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers