TY - GEN
T1 - Adjustable nanomanufacturing using template-guided self-assembly
AU - Junkin, Michael
AU - Watson, Jennifer
AU - Geest, Jonathan P.Vande
AU - Wong, Pak Kin
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Template-guided self-assembly is one of the most promising approaches for creating functional nanosystems and effective methods are needed in order to generate micro and nanoscale templates for a diverse type of materials necessary for different applications. In this paper a plasma lithography technique is demonstrated which can directly pattern a wide variety of substrates including polystyrene, PDMS and glass for self-assembly of nanomaterials. The technique employs a deformable mold made using PDMS replication molding. The mold protects selective areas of the substrate from plasma surface treatment, which will spatially alter the surface properties of the substrate. Nanomaterials will then selectively self-assemble onto the pattern. Three-dimensional control is achieved by means of mold geometry and self-assembly conditions. Nanomaterials including nanoparticles, proteins, and salts have been patterned on configurations from arrays of lines and dots to arbitrary shapes in sizes ranging from millimeters to hundreds of nanometers.
AB - Template-guided self-assembly is one of the most promising approaches for creating functional nanosystems and effective methods are needed in order to generate micro and nanoscale templates for a diverse type of materials necessary for different applications. In this paper a plasma lithography technique is demonstrated which can directly pattern a wide variety of substrates including polystyrene, PDMS and glass for self-assembly of nanomaterials. The technique employs a deformable mold made using PDMS replication molding. The mold protects selective areas of the substrate from plasma surface treatment, which will spatially alter the surface properties of the substrate. Nanomaterials will then selectively self-assemble onto the pattern. Three-dimensional control is achieved by means of mold geometry and self-assembly conditions. Nanomaterials including nanoparticles, proteins, and salts have been patterned on configurations from arrays of lines and dots to arbitrary shapes in sizes ranging from millimeters to hundreds of nanometers.
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U2 - 10.1109/NEMS.2008.4484519
DO - 10.1109/NEMS.2008.4484519
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50349100360
SN - 9781424419081
T3 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS
SP - 1142
EP - 1146
BT - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2008
T2 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2008
Y2 - 6 January 2008 through 9 January 2008
ER -