Irradiation-driven molecular dynamics simulation of the FEBID process for Pt(PF₃)₄

• Alexey Prosvetov,
• Alexey V. Verkhovtsev,
• Gennady Sushko and
• Andrey V. Solov’yov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1151–1172, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.86

• conditions as well as on the value of Edep. Equation 8 permits the quantitative description of the morphological transition from separate clusters into a single structure. As shown previously [13], when isolated metal islands merge into a single nanostructure, its further growth occurs due to the attachment

Polymer blend lithography for metal films: large-area patterning with over 1 billion holes/inch²

• Cheng Huang,
• Alexander Förste,
• Stefan Walheim and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1205–1211, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.123

• a lift-off process. As a consequence, the resulting metal nanostructure is an exact replica of the pattern of the selectively removed polymer (either a perforated metal film or metal islands). The minimum diameter of these holes or metal islands demonstrated here is about 50 nm. Au, Pd, Cu, Cr and

• plasmonic resonance; metal islands; metal nanostructures; metal polymer blend lithography (metal PBL); nano-patterned template; nanoscale discs; optical transmission; perforated metal film; polymer phase separation; poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); polystyrene (PS); self-assembly; spin-coating; surface

• metal islands or holes on a substrate with a size of 1 inch × 1 inch. Results and Discussion Metal polymer blend lithography (metal PBL) for metal islands or perforated films The metal polymer blend lithography method (metal PBL) is schematically demonstrated in Figure 1. The spin casting of the

Near-field photochemical and radiation-induced chemical fabrication of nanopatterns of a self-assembled silane monolayer

• Ulrich C. Fischer,
• Carsten Hentschel,
• Florian Fontein,
• Linda Stegemann,
• Christiane Hoeppener,
• Harald Fuchs and
• Stefanie Hoeppener

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1441–1449, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.156

• ][22]. The evaporation of a metal layer and the subsequent removal of the spheres form the surface leads to a projection pattern in form of hexagonally arranged triangular-shaped metal islands on the substrate. The size and spacing of the triangular islands can be adjusted by the size of the latex

• mask in contact with the monolayer was acquired. Figure 2d shows 1.2 µm projection patterns and the remaining fluorescence of the monolayer in the unprotected areas. The intimate contact regions in form of triangular metal islands appear dark (Figure 2b) due to quenching of the fluorescence at sites of

The morphology of silver nanoparticles prepared by enzyme-induced reduction

• Henrik Schneidewind,
• Thomas Schüler,
• Katharina K. Strelau,
• Karina Weber,
• Dana Cialla,
• Marco Diegel,
• Roland Mattheis,
• Andreas Berger,
• Robert Möller and
• Jürgen Popp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 404–414, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.47

• , there are a number of different techniques that can be used for the synthesis of desert-rose-like structures, among them galvanic displacement processes [22], wet chemical methods [23], particle-mediated aggregation [24], or electrodeposition on photolithographically prepatterned metal islands [25]. The

Colloidal lithography for fabricating patterned polymer-brush microstructures

• Tao Chen,
• Debby P. Chang,
• Rainer Jordan and
• Stefan Zauscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 397–403, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.46

• . Results and Discussion Hexagonally packed arrays of self-assembled colloidal micro- and nanospheres on surfaces have been used as masks to guide deposition or etching through the interstices between the colloidal microspheres [5][6][9]. For example, arrays of triangularly shaped metal islands can be

The atomic force microscope as a mechano–electrochemical pen

• Christian Obermair,
• Andreas Wagner and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 659–664, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.70

• experiments performed by LaGraff and Gewirth [26][27] demonstrated that the influence of the scanning tip can lead to both reduction or enhancement of copper deposition on the surface of copper single crystals. In further work we demonstrated the local electrochemical deposition of metal islands mechanically