TY - CHAP A1 - Nick, Christoph A1 - Hock, Christina A1 - Emmerich, Florian A1 - Belle, Stefan A1 - Thielemann, Christiane A1 - Asmus, Tim A1 - Loose, Thomas A1 - Wienand, Karlheinz T1 - Ultrathin gold as sensor platform for biomolecules T2 - 2015 International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO), Changchun, China N2 - Due to the increasing number of diabetes patients worldwide there is an enormous need for accurate, fast and someday also continuous or even closed loop monitoring of blood glucose level. More than 50 years after Clark and Lyons proposed the first glucose enzyme electrodes this concept is still widely in use today. Most concepts use the enzyme glucose oxidase (GOx) that reacts with glucose. These reactions cause a current that is proportional to the amount of glucose present at the sensor. Thus, if the sample volume is known, the blood sugar level can be measured. Although these electrodes have been in use for so long they have the disadvantage of a limited shelf time. In this work we present an enzyme free approach for glucose detection applying ultrathin gold films. According to the basic Fuchs-Sondheimer-theory and other more sophisticated models the resistivity of ultrathin metal films is dominated by scattering effects at their surface. Chemical reactions at the metallic surface are expected to change the conductivity properties and thus these changes can be used to detect molecules. This can be done by creating a self-assembled monolayer at the gold surface. When molecules such as glucose bind to the end groups of this layer the electron scattering and thus the conductivity of the film is expected to change. Ultrathin gold films with a thickness of 6 nm show the largest relative change in resistivity and are thus the preferred film thickness for this application. These gold films show a significant change in resistance when model molecules sodium sulfide and dextran are present, whereas the resistance of a platinum reference electrode does not change significantly. KW - ultrathin gold KW - biosensor KW - glucose KW - enzyme free glucose sensor KW - Biosensor KW - Dünne Schicht KW - Gold Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2015.7425462 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Emmerich, Florian A1 - Thielemann, Christiane T1 - Patterning of PMMA by gold-nanoparticle initiated localized decomposition T2 - 2015 International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO), Changchun, China N2 - The need for manipulating matter at its smallest scale has been a hot topic in research for the last decades. As the final goal of arranging single atoms has been achieved, research focuses on two targets: firstly, improving the capabilities of existing technologies towards nanometer resolution and secondly, finding new methods for producing nanostructures in a fast and easy way. Here, we present a new maskless method for sub-micro-patterning of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) thin films. By applying atomic-force-microscope (AFM) assisted nano-xerography, electric charges were locally injected with an AFM-tip into PMMA. The resulting electrostatic patterns attracted charged gold-nanoparticles, which were selectively deposited onto the PMMA layers with lateral dimensions below 200 nm. In a second step, heat treatment at 275 °C initiated a selective decomposition of the PMMA layer, only observed in PMMA-areas covered with nanoparticles, whereas uncovered areas were not modified by the heat treatment. Analyzing the grooves with the AFM, we found that lines with a width in the sub-micrometer range to several micrometers have successfully been realized. We propose this new and promising method to manufacture nano-grooves used as masking for lift-off processes, for functionalization of underlying areas, or for micro-contact-printing. KW - Nanoparticles KW - Gold KW - Thermal stability KW - Heating KW - Electrostatics KW - Polymethylmethacrylate KW - Dünnschichttechnik Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2015.7425480 ER -