Abstract
A significant need in nanotechnology is the development of methods to mass-produce three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures and their ordered assemblies with patterns of functional materials such as metals, ceramics, device grade semiconductors, and polymers. While top-down lithography approaches can enable heterogeneous integration, tunability, and significant material versatility, these methods enable inherently two-dimensional (2D) patterning. Bottom-up approaches enable mass-production of 3D nanostructures and their assemblies but with limited precision, and tunability in surface patterning. Here, we demonstrate a methodology to create Self-folding Nanostructures with Imprint Patterned Surfaces (SNIPS). By a variety of examples, we illustrate that SNIPS, either individually or in ordered arrays, are mass-producible and have significant tunability, material heterogeneity, and patterning precision.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 61-71 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Faraday Discussions |
Volume | 191 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge funding from the National Science Foundation (Grant: CMMI-1200241). Research performed in part at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology