IEC 223 |
| Sathyajith Ravindran, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, B-136 Bourns Hall, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, Brooke Colburn, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Riverside, B136 Bourns Hall, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, Mihri Ozkan, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Riverside, Bourns Hall A241, Riverside, CA 92521, and Cengiz Ozkan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, A305 Bourns Hall, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521. |
| Electronics and photonics industries are highly interested in developing new methods for nanofabrication in order to be able to continue their long term trend of building ever smaller, faster and less expensive devices. In our research, we are developing a bottom–up approach to fabricate building blocks, which can be used to assemble nanostructures and devices. Here, we demonstrate a novel technique for the fabrication of nano–assemblies of acid treated carbon nanotubes (CNT) and water soluble thiol stabilized ZnS capped CdSe quantum dots (QD) (CNT-QD conjugates) for the first time using a zero length ethylene carbodiimide cross–linker. We present FTIR data for the chemical modification and SEM images of the first nano-building blocks. Current work includes the more complex 3-D assembly of QD and nanotubes on Anodized Aluminum Oxide (AAO) template for nanodevices. Potential future applications of our method include the fabrication of novel electronic and photonic devices, crystal displays and biosensors. |
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Biological Applications of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (sponsored by Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology Subdivision)
1:30 PM-4:50 PM, Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Convention Center -- Room 393, Oral
Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |