Localization of octadecyltrimethoxysilane self-assembled monolayers by a combination of bottom-up and top-down approaches

2007 ◽  
pp. 163-172
2005 ◽  
Vol 901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Maury ◽  
Olga Crespo-Biel ◽  
Maria Peter ◽  
David N. Reinhoudt ◽  
Jurriaan Huskens

AbstractThe fabrication of 3D nanostructures, which have tunable, sub-100 nm dimensions in all three directions, is a key issue of nanotechnology. Here we describe the integration of top-down nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and bottom-up layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly for the preparation of 3D hybrid nanostructures. NIL provided down to sub-100 nm poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) structures. These were employed to fabricate patterned self-assembled monolayers of cyclodextrin (CD) host molecules on silicon oxide . The consecutive LBL assembly with adamantyl guest-functionalized dendrimers and CD-modified gold nanoparticles resulted in patterned multilayer structures with thicknesses of 3-30 nm. The x,y control by NIL and the z control by LBL assembly ultimately allowed the fabrication of circular structures with a radius of 25 nm and a thickness of 20 nm. The integration of the two methods has thus yielded a versatile 3D nanofabrication methodology comprising of 10-40 process steps.


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2014 ◽  
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Author(s):  
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Sumit Kumar ◽  
Petra Rudolf ◽  
Ryan C. Chiechi

Why use thiols in Molecular Electronics?


2010 ◽  
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Author(s):  
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A. Yassar ◽  
F. Garnier

2003 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 459-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
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M. Zharnikov ◽  
I.-H. Hong ◽  
S.-C. Wang ◽  
A. Gölzhäuser ◽  
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