We have developed a grid structure with a simple and robust address system to assist in locating and relocating individual substrate-supported nanoparticles. We demonstrate application of our addressed grids for facile characterization of the SAME nanoparticles in multiple instruments. Our grids can be prepared on a variety of substrates using lift-off photolithography. We will show addressed grids of Cr/Au on silicon, fused silica, and ITO coated glass as well as application to multiple measurements of the same nanoparticles by scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and single nanoparticle spectroscopy.
*This work has been supported by NSF CAREER grant No. CHE-0239803, NSF MRSEC No. DMR-0080054, and AFSRO No. FA9550-06-1-0365.
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Authors
W.D. Tennyson
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
C.E. Allen
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
D.S. Hartnett
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
M.E. Curtis
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
A.R. Dedigama
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
D.J. Wasielewski
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
M.D. McCutchen
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
D.H. Dahanayaka
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
M.B. Johnson
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
L. A. Bumm
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructure, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
