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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Reda Hassanien, Mariam Al Hinai, Professor Lidija Siller, Professor Nick Wright, Professor Andrew HoultonORCiD, Dr Ben Horrocks
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Polyindole (PIn) nanowires were formed on a lambda-DNA template by chemical oxidation of indole using aqueous FeCl3. The resulting nanowires are smooth, regular, conductive and had diameters in the range of 5-30 nm. These features allow them to be aligned by molecular combing and studied by scanned conductance microscopy, conductive AFM, and two-terminal I - V measurements. Using this combination of measurements, we find that the conductivity of PIn/DNA nanowires is between 2.5 and 40 S cm(-1) at room temperature, which is substantially greater than that in previous reports on the bulk polyindole conductivity (typically 10(-2)-10(-1) S cm(-1)). The conductance at zero bias shows an Arrhenius-type of dependence on temperature over the range of 233 to 373 K, and the values observed upon heating and cooling are repeatable within 5%; this behavior is consistent with a hopping mechanism of conductivity.
Author(s): Hassanien R, Al-Hinai M, Al-Said SAF, Little R, Siller L, Wright NG, Houlton A, Horrocks BR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: ACS Nano
Year: 2010
Volume: 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 2149-2159
Print publication date: 10/03/2010
Acceptance date: 23/02/2010
ISSN (print): 1936-0851
ISSN (electronic): 1936-086X
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn9014533
DOI: 10.1021/nn9014533
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