Template-induced structure transition in sub-10 nm self-assembling nanoparticles

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2642-2646

  Asbahi, Mohamed ^a   Mehraeen, Shafigh ^b,c   Lim, Kevin T P ^a   Wang, Fuke ^a   Cao, Jianshu ^b   Tan, Mei Chee ^c   Yang, Joel K W ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Directed self assembly; electron beam lithography; gold nanoparticles; structure transition; sub 10 nm patterning; template assisted self assembly

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS; SUB-10 NM PATTERNING; TEMPLATE-ASSISTED SELF-ASSEMBLY;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84900503561     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl5004976     Document Type: Article

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