Electron beam fabrication of birefringent microcylinders

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1418-1427

  Huang, Zhuangxiong ^a   Pedaci, Francesco ^a   Van Oene, Maarten ^a   Wiggin, Matthew J ^a   Dekker, Nynke H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

birefringent particles; electron beam lithography; nanofabrication; optical torque wrench; optical tweezers; quartz microcylinders; surface functionalization

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIREFRINGENT PARTICLES; CONICAL STRUCTURES; DNA MOLECULES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; HIGH PRECISION; MICROMETER-SCALE; NANOFABRICATION; NANOMETER-SCALE PARTICLES; OPTICAL TORQUE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SIDEWALL ANGLES; SINGLE-MOLECULE STUDIES; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; FABRICATION; MICROMETERS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; QUARTZ; TOOLS; TORQUE;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRINTING; TORQUE;

DNA; ELECTRONS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PRINTING; QUARTZ; TORQUE;

EID: 79951903196     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1034108     Document Type: Article

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