Organic–inorganic nanosystems

• Paul Ziemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 363–364, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.41

• masks for subsequent further deposition or etching steps. Applied in this way, the method is a direct extension of the seminal work by Fischer and Zingsheim on hexagonal ordered arrays of polystyrene colloids serving as masks for subsequent metal evaporations [1]. In other cases, based on precursor

• loaded micelles or, more generally, colloids, the organic carriers are completely removed after their self-organization by various plasma treatments while the precursor compounds are transformed into metal oxides or, finally, into metals. In this way, hexagonal ordered arrays of metal nanoparticles can