title: Electrochemical synthesis on nanoparticle chains to couple semiconducting rods: coulomb blockade modulation using photoexcitation.
abstract: Hybrid nanostructures are made by coupling a room temperature coulomb blockade device with photoexcitable nano-rods. Direct electrochemical synthesis on nanoparticle chain arrays leads to the formation of semiconducting rods that are in direct contact with the nanoparticles and also spatial confined by them. This direct interfacing leads to mutual intermodulation between the two systems.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Abdullah Saud
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
mesh_terms: D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012666:Semiconductors; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006046:Gold; D015034:Zinc Oxide
keywords: coulomb blockade; metal semiconductor nanostructures; nano-rods; nanoparticle arrays; photomodulation