Sub-100-nm nanoparticle arrays with perfect ordering and tunable and uniform dimensions fabricated by combining nanoimprinting with ultrathin alumina membrane technique

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3862-3868

  Zhan, Zhibing ^a   Lei, Yong ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

nonlithographic route; perfect ordering; sub 100 nm nanoparticle array; ultrathin alumina membrane; uniformity

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; NANOPARTICLES; REUSABILITY;

ALUMINA MEMBRANES; NANOPARTICLE ARRAY; NONLITHOGRAPHIC ROUTE; PERFECT ORDERING; UNIFORMITY;

ALUMINA;

EID: 84899446647     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500713h     Document Type: Article

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