Electrically Conductive Gold- and Copper-Metallized DNA Origami Nanostructures

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• 作者：Yanli Geng ; Anthony C. Pearson ; Elisabeth P. Gates ; Bibek Uprety ; Robert C. Davis ; John N. Harb ; Adam T. Woolley
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：March 12, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：29
• 期：10
• 页码：3482-3490
• 全文大小：624K
• 年卷期：v.29,no.10(March 12, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5827

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This work demonstrates the use of a circuit-like DNA origami structure as a template to fabricate conductive gold and copper nanostructures on Si surfaces. We improved over previous results by using multiple Pd seeding steps to increase seed uniformity and density. Our process has also been characterized through atomic force microscopy, particle size distribution analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. We found that four successive Pd seeding steps yielded the best results for electroless metal plating on DNA origami. Electrical resistance measurements were done on both Au- and Cu-metallized nanostructures, with each showing ohmic behavior. Gold-plated DNA origami structures made under optimal conditions had an average resistivity of 7.0 脳 10^鈥? 惟路m, whereas copper-metallized structures had a resistivity as low as 3.6 脳 10^鈥? 惟路m. Importantly, this is the first demonstration of electrically conductive Cu nanostructures fabricated on either DNA or DNA origami templates. Although resistivities for both gold and copper samples were larger than those of the bulk metal, these metal nanostructures have the potential for use in electrically connecting small structures. In addition, these metallized objects might find use in surface-enhanced Raman scattering experiments.