PATTERNING NANOWIRES ON SURFACES FOR FABRICATING NANOSCALE ELECTRONIC DEVICES

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of depositing nanowires on the surface of a substrate, comprising the steps of:-contacting defined regions of the substrate with at least one compound (C1) capable of binding to the surface of the substrate and of binding the nanowires to provide a pattern of binding sites on the surface of the substrate and/or contacting defined regions of the substrate with at least one compound (C2) capable of binding to the surface of the substrate and preventing the binding of nanowires to provide a pattern of non-binding sites on the surface of the substrate, and-contacting the surface of the substrate with a suspension of nanowires in a liquid medium to enable at least a portion of the applied nanowires to bind to at least a portion of the surface of the substrate covered with (C1) and/or not covered with (C2).