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Vol. 6 No. 4 (2014)

Joining of Individual Silver Nanowires via Electrical Current

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-014-0001-9
Arash Vafaei
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Anming Hu
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-2210, USA
Irene A. Goldthorpe
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

Corresponding Author: Irene A. Goldthorpe

igoldthorpe@uwaterloo.ca

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 6 No. 4 (2014), Article Number: 293-300

Abstract

A procedure for joining polyol-synthesized silver nanowires in air using current-induced Joule heat welding is reported. Using a common probe station and photolithographically patterned gold electrodes, the welding process is completed using a common semiconductor analyzer. A unique two-step procedure eliminates the dielectric barrier at the point of contact without damaging the nanowires away from the junction. This procedure is designed for metal–metal contacts where a strong dielectric intermediate layer might exist, which can occur with metals prone to oxidation or corrosion in air, or as a result of the electrode deposition process. Ohmic connections are also established in cases where there is an initial gap between two nanowires.

Keywords

Nanowires Nanowelding Joule heating
Vafaei, Arash, Anming Hu, and Irene A. Goldthorpe. 2014. “Joining of Individual Silver Nanowires via Electrical Current”. Nano-Micro Letters 6 (4):293-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-014-0001-9.
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