Work

Templating Water Stains for Nanolithography

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Herein, a nanoscale patterning technique is demonstrated for creating twin features in polymers and metals. The process works by combining evaporative staining with a templating process. Well-ordered hexagonally arrayed double rings were fabricated using hydrophobic spherical templates. The diameter of the rings, the width of individual rings, and the spacing between concentric and adjacent rings could be tuned by varying the solution conditions. Arrays could be made without the outer ring by employing hydrophilic templates.

Source: Nano Letters

DOI: 10.1021/nl071195c

Authors: Wei-Ssu Liao, Xin Chen, Jixin Chen, Paul S. Cremer

Institution: Texas A&M University

Language: English

Topic: Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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