Title

Directed electroless growth of metal nanostructures on patterned self-assembled monolayers

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-3-2007

Abstract

The directed placement of Cu nanostructures on surfaces has been studied using a combination of scanning probe lithography and electroless metal deposition onto nanopatterned SAMs of 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (16-MHA) on Au. In situ studies using nanoscale molecular gradients reveal how controlling the areal density of the 16-MHA molecules dictates the nucleation and growth of the metal nanostructures. The influence of controlling pattern line spacing and tip path on pattern feature fidelity is also discussed. © 2007 American Chemical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Langmuir

First Page

7874

Last Page

7879

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