title: Gold Nanowire Fabrication with Surface-Attached Lipid Nanotube Templates.
abstract: A high-throughput approach to fabricate gold nanowires on surfaces with a lipid nanotube template is demonstrated. Streptavidin-coated gold nanoparticles are attached to the biotin-tagged lipid nanotubes. After the chemical fixation, the samples are dried and treated with oxygen plasma to remove the organic template and connect the particles. The created nanowires are characterized by cryo-transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and electrical measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jajcevic
authors.affiliation: Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics (C-CINA), Biozentrum, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, CH-4058, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chami
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland. kaori.sugihara@unige.ch.
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugihara
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D005453:Fluorescence; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D006046:Gold
keywords: gold nanoparticles; lipid nanotubes; nanowires; self-assembly