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Title: Enabling a novel approach to a controlled fabrication of 1D crystalline nanowires on suspended microstructures of arbitrary geometries using two direct-writing technologies

Abstract

Recent progresses in additive manufacturing have inspired new technologies, such as direct laser writing technique, based on two-photon polymerization (2 PP), which complements and further enriches the nanofabrication tools portfolio. Here, we combine 2 PP and our mask-free scanning probe assisted ‘direct-write patterning’ (DWP) method to allow for: a) the fabrication of micro-bridge structures with sub-micrometer resolution, b) selective synthesis of crystalline ZnO nanowires at predefined locations, respectively. This synergistic approach enables cantilever probe patterning of catalysts directly on suspended micro-bridges for in-situ CVD growth of nanoscale material, in a templated manner. The study reported here represents the first proof-of-concept experiments demonstrating versatile and scalable methodology, which can be applied and straightforwardly extended to grow a variety of other nanomaterials, in a controlled and selective fashion, on freestanding micro/nanoscale structures, whose size and geometry can be conveniently varied via templating of sacrificial 2 PP polymeric scaffolds. Furthermore, the demonstration of the possibility to integrate this new approach with the conventional lithography techniques provides a step forward to the development of the novel class of hybrid polymer-silicon-1D or -2D materials, and systems. The quality of the produced ZnO nanowire assemblies was assessed using several physical characterization methods.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Univ. of Trento (Italy)
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:
1881131
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1963308
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02 06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Materials Today Nano
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 2588-8420
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Nanostructures; ZnO NWs; Nanofabrication; Two-photon (2PP) lithography; Direct-write patterning (DWP); CVD synthesis

Citation Formats

McCormack, Keith, Schaper, Nicholas, Kim, Yooseok, Hensley, Dale K., Kravchenko, Ivan, Lavrik, Nickolay V., Gosztola, D. J., Pantano, M. F., and Kuljanishvili, Irma. Enabling a novel approach to a controlled fabrication of 1D crystalline nanowires on suspended microstructures of arbitrary geometries using two direct-writing technologies. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1016/j.mtnano.2022.100241.
McCormack, Keith, Schaper, Nicholas, Kim, Yooseok, Hensley, Dale K., Kravchenko, Ivan, Lavrik, Nickolay V., Gosztola, D. J., Pantano, M. F., & Kuljanishvili, Irma. Enabling a novel approach to a controlled fabrication of 1D crystalline nanowires on suspended microstructures of arbitrary geometries using two direct-writing technologies. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2022.100241
McCormack, Keith, Schaper, Nicholas, Kim, Yooseok, Hensley, Dale K., Kravchenko, Ivan, Lavrik, Nickolay V., Gosztola, D. J., Pantano, M. F., and Kuljanishvili, Irma. Tue . "Enabling a novel approach to a controlled fabrication of 1D crystalline nanowires on suspended microstructures of arbitrary geometries using two direct-writing technologies". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2022.100241. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1881131.
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author = {McCormack, Keith and Schaper, Nicholas and Kim, Yooseok and Hensley, Dale K. and Kravchenko, Ivan and Lavrik, Nickolay V. and Gosztola, D. J. and Pantano, M. F. and Kuljanishvili, Irma},
abstractNote = {Recent progresses in additive manufacturing have inspired new technologies, such as direct laser writing technique, based on two-photon polymerization (2 PP), which complements and further enriches the nanofabrication tools portfolio. Here, we combine 2 PP and our mask-free scanning probe assisted ‘direct-write patterning’ (DWP) method to allow for: a) the fabrication of micro-bridge structures with sub-micrometer resolution, b) selective synthesis of crystalline ZnO nanowires at predefined locations, respectively. This synergistic approach enables cantilever probe patterning of catalysts directly on suspended micro-bridges for in-situ CVD growth of nanoscale material, in a templated manner. The study reported here represents the first proof-of-concept experiments demonstrating versatile and scalable methodology, which can be applied and straightforwardly extended to grow a variety of other nanomaterials, in a controlled and selective fashion, on freestanding micro/nanoscale structures, whose size and geometry can be conveniently varied via templating of sacrificial 2 PP polymeric scaffolds. Furthermore, the demonstration of the possibility to integrate this new approach with the conventional lithography techniques provides a step forward to the development of the novel class of hybrid polymer-silicon-1D or -2D materials, and systems. The quality of the produced ZnO nanowire assemblies was assessed using several physical characterization methods.},
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