Patterning of chemical gradients with submicrometer resolution using edge-spreading lithography

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Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 760-765

  Geissler, Matthias ^a   Chalsani, Preeti ^a   Cameron, Neil S ^a   Veres, Teodor ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gradients; Lateral force microscopy; Monolayers; Nanolithography; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEATION; SILICONES; SUBSTRATES;

GRADIENTS; LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXANE);

SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33646746873     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200600064     Document Type: Article

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