Fabrication of molecular-scale patterns with chemically tunable functionalities

Z. Liu; D. G. Bucknall; M. G. Allen

doi:10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285467

Fabrication of molecular-scale patterns with chemically tunable functionalities

Z. Liu^*, D. G. Bucknall, M. G. Allen

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Abstract

This paper presents a scalable hybrid molecular nanofabrication approach of sub-10 nm patterns with functionalized surfaces by combining "bottom-up" surface initiated polymerization (SIP) with "top-down" electron beam lithography (EBL). This prototype molecular nanofabrication is based on the concept of nanolithography-based molecular manipulation (NMM). The strategy is to apply free-radical SIP ("bottom-up") to the non-molecularly engineered and chemically inert nano-patterns prepared by "top-down" nanolithography, e.g. EBL. This integration can minimize feature sizes to molecular length scales (sub-10 nm) and simultaneously tune the surface chemistry of the nano-patterns through functional polymer brushes. In this work, 4 nm nanostructures have been obtained which are chemically functionalized by poly(vinyl pyridine) (PVP).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	449-452
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-4193-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-4190-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285467
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems - Denver, CO, United States Duration: 21 Jun 2009 → 25 Jun 2009

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Conference	15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
Abbreviated title	TRANSDUCERS 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver, CO
Period	21/06/09 → 25/06/09

Keywords

Chemically tunable functionality
Molecular nanotechnology
Nanofabrication
Surface initiated polymerization

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Liu, Z, Bucknall, DG & Allen, MG 2009, Fabrication of molecular-scale patterns with chemically tunable functionalities. in TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems., 5285467, IEEE, pp. 449-452, 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Denver, CO, United States, 21/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285467

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