Large-scale triangular lattice arrays of sub-micron islands by microsphere self-assembly
| Autor: | Z.F. Ren, D Z Wang, Y Wang, J. Rybczynski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Masking (art)
Fabrication Nanostructure Materials science Mechanical Engineering Nanowire Bioengineering Nanotechnology General Chemistry Carbon nanotube law.invention Mechanics of Materials law General Materials Science Hexagonal lattice Self-assembly Electrical and Electronic Engineering Photonic crystal |
| Zdroj: | Nanotechnology. 16:819-822 |
| ISSN: | 1361-6528 0957-4484 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0957-4484/16/6/033 |
| Popis: | A two-step masking technique has been developed to prepare large-scale triangular lattice arrays of uniform sub-micron islands on substrates at room temperature and at low cost by utilizing self-assembly of polystyrene microspheres. As an example, fabrication of large arrays of nickel islands with long-range periodicity and morphological uniformity is demonstrated, which is also ready to apply to fabricate periodic sub-micron islands of other materials on flat substrates in general. The islands so prepared resemble the shape of a hexagonal disc with its size determined by the size of the polystyrene spheres and its thickness variable in a wide range. These islands of various materials on different kinds of substrates can be used in a variety of applications such as catalysts to grow aligned carbon nanotubes and nanowires for 2D photonic crystals, nanoelectrode arrays for molecular devices, nanostructure building blocks for nanofabrications, etc. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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