DNA Strand Patterns on Aluminium Thin Films

Khatir, N.M. and Banihashemian, S.M. and Periasamy, V. and Abd Majid, Wan Haliza and Rahman, S.A. and Shahhosseini, F. (2011) DNA Strand Patterns on Aluminium Thin Films. Sensors, 11 (7). pp. 6719-6727. ISSN 1424-8220, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/s110706719.

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Abstract

A new patterning method using Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) strands capable of producing nanogaps of less than 100 nm is proposed and investigated in this work. DNA strands from Bosenbergia rotunda were used as the fundamental element in patterning DNA on thin films of aluminium (Al) metal without the need for any lithographic techniques. The DNA strands were applied in buffer solutions onto thin films of Al on silicon (Si) and the chemical interactions between the DNA strands and Al creates nanometer scale arbitrary patterning by direct transfer of the DNA strands onto the substrate. This simple and cost-effective method can be utilized in the fabrication of various components in electronic chips for microelectronics and Nano Electronic Mechanical System (NEMS) applications in general.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Aluminum/*chemistry DNA, Plant/*chemistry Nanotechnology/*methods Zingiberaceae
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User: miss munirah saadom
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2013 16:05
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2019 08:03
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/5687

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