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Title: Overpressure Contact Printing

Journal Article · · Nano Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0491778· OSTI ID:834973

This paper describes a new method of using elastometric stamps in the fabrication of patterned self-assembled monolayers and nanoparticles. By applying load on top of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) stamps, we showed that new structure arrays of various materials could be generated on silicon wafer and metal substrates through the controlled deformation of elastometric stamps. The feature sizes of the patterns generated by this technique have been shown to be up to an order of a magnitude smaller than those on the stamps. The created patterns also may not exist on the original masters; thus, this approah can be unique in making patterns at a reduced size that can sometimes be hard to fabricate otherwise.

Research Organization:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC52-92SF19460
OSTI ID:
834973
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF-19460-553; 1477; 2004-73; TRN: US200720%%114
Journal Information:
Nano Letters, Vol. 4, Issue 9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English