Nanopatterned electrically conductive films of semiconductor nanocrystals |
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Authors: | Tamar S Mentzel Darcy D Wanger Nirat Ray Brian J Walker David Strasfeld Moungi G Bawendi Marc A Kastner |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics and ?Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States. |
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Abstract: | We present the first semiconductor nanocrystal films of nanoscale dimensions that are electrically conductive and crack-free. These films make it possible to study the electrical properties intrinsic to the nanocrystals unimpeded by defects such as cracking and clustering that typically exist in larger-scale films. We find that the electrical conductivity of the nanoscale films is 180 times higher than that of drop-cast, microscopic films made of the same type of nanocrystal. Our technique for forming the nanoscale films is based on electron-beam lithography and a lift-off process. The patterns have dimensions as small as 30 nm and are positioned on a surface with 30 nm precision. The method is flexible in the choice of nanocrystal core-shell materials and ligands. We demonstrate patterns with PbS, PbSe, and CdSe cores and Zn(0.5)Cd(0.5)Se-Zn(0.5)Cd(0.5)S core-shell nanocrystals with a variety of ligands. We achieve unprecedented versatility in integrating semiconductor nanocrystal films into device structures both for studying the intrinsic electrical properties of the nanocrystals and for nanoscale optoelectronic applications. |
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