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Title: Directed liquid phase assembly of highly ordered metallic nanoparticle arrays

Abstract

Directed assembly of nanomaterials is a promising route for the synthesis of advanced materials and devices. We demonstrate the directed-assembly of highly ordered two-dimensional arrays of hierarchical nanostructures with tunable size, spacing and composition. The directed assembly is achieved on lithographically patterned metal films that are subsequently pulse-laser melted; during the brief liquid lifetime, the pattened nanostructures assemble into highly ordered primary and secondary nanoparticles, with sizes below that which was originally patterned. Complementary fluid-dynamics simulations emulate the resultant patterns and show how the competition of capillary forces and liquid metal–solid substrate interaction potential drives the directed assembly. Lastly, as an example of the enhanced functionality, a full-wave electromagnetic analysis has been performed to identify the nature of the supported plasmonic resonances.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [2];  [4];  [4];  [5]
  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. New Jersey Inst. of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Charles M. Bowden Research Laboratory, National Research Council - AMRDEC, Huntsville, AL (United States)
  5. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1162070
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; nanoparticle array; directed assembly; dewetting; laser; plasmonics

Citation Formats

Wu, Yueying, Dong, Nanyi, Fu, Shaofang, Fowlkes, Jason D., Kondic, Lou, Vincenti, Maria A., de Ceglia, Domenico, and Rack, Philip D. Directed liquid phase assembly of highly ordered metallic nanoparticle arrays. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1021/am500695h.
Wu, Yueying, Dong, Nanyi, Fu, Shaofang, Fowlkes, Jason D., Kondic, Lou, Vincenti, Maria A., de Ceglia, Domenico, & Rack, Philip D. Directed liquid phase assembly of highly ordered metallic nanoparticle arrays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/am500695h
Wu, Yueying, Dong, Nanyi, Fu, Shaofang, Fowlkes, Jason D., Kondic, Lou, Vincenti, Maria A., de Ceglia, Domenico, and Rack, Philip D. Tue . "Directed liquid phase assembly of highly ordered metallic nanoparticle arrays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/am500695h. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1162070.
@article{osti_1162070,
title = {Directed liquid phase assembly of highly ordered metallic nanoparticle arrays},
author = {Wu, Yueying and Dong, Nanyi and Fu, Shaofang and Fowlkes, Jason D. and Kondic, Lou and Vincenti, Maria A. and de Ceglia, Domenico and Rack, Philip D.},
abstractNote = {Directed assembly of nanomaterials is a promising route for the synthesis of advanced materials and devices. We demonstrate the directed-assembly of highly ordered two-dimensional arrays of hierarchical nanostructures with tunable size, spacing and composition. The directed assembly is achieved on lithographically patterned metal films that are subsequently pulse-laser melted; during the brief liquid lifetime, the pattened nanostructures assemble into highly ordered primary and secondary nanoparticles, with sizes below that which was originally patterned. Complementary fluid-dynamics simulations emulate the resultant patterns and show how the competition of capillary forces and liquid metal–solid substrate interaction potential drives the directed assembly. Lastly, as an example of the enhanced functionality, a full-wave electromagnetic analysis has been performed to identify the nature of the supported plasmonic resonances.},
doi = {10.1021/am500695h},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 8,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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