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Author(s):
Wahyu Setyawan, Saleem Rao, and Seunghun Hong

Electrical conductance of single stranded DNA (5'-TTT TTT TTT T/3 Thio MC3-D/-3') monolayer patterns on Au surface is compared with those of various organic molecular patterns via the conductance microscope (CM) technique that allows one to take nanoscale conductance images utilizing a conducting AFM tip in contact mode AFM. In the experiment, reference molecules and ssDNA are patterned on the same substrate via direct deposition methods such as dip-pen nanolithography and microcontact printing. Then, conductance microscope image is recorded revealing the relative conductivity of ssDNA patterns relative to various reference molecules. 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid and 2-mercaptobenzimidazole patterns are found conducting better than the ssDNA patterns. This result indicates that the ssDNA with 10T bases is a relatively poor electrical conductor. The capabilities of CM technique are also tested on various nanostructures including the single wall carbon nanotube junction.

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Paper #: NN1.4/C1.4
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