Self-assembly versus directed assembly of nanoparticles via pulsed laser induced dewetting of patterned metal films

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2478-2485

  Fowlkes, Jason D ^a   Kondic, Lou ^b   Diez, Javier ^c   Wu, Yueying ^d   Rack, Philip D ^a,d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Directed assembly; nanoscale lithography; pulsed laser melting; Rayleigh Plateau; thin film dewetting

Indexed keywords

DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; NANOSCALE LITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER MELTING; RAYLEIGH; THIN FILM DEWETTING;

NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

PULSED LASERS;

METAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

LASERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79958863815     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl200921c     Document Type: Article

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