Large-area molecular patterning with polymer pen lithography

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2548-2560

  Eichelsdoerfer, Daniel J ^a   Liao, Xing ^b,c   Cabezas, Maria D ^a   Morris, William ^a   Radha, Boya ^a,b   Brown, Keith A ^a,c   Giam, Louise R ^b,d   Braunschweig, Adam B ^a,c,d,e   Mirkin, Chad A ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOL; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SILICON; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOPRINTING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR PRINTING; NANOFABRICATION; POLYMER PEN LITHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 85047687400     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.159     Document Type: Article

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