title: Nanostructured surfaces from size-selected clusters.
abstract: The deposition of ionized beams of size-selected atomic clusters onto well-defined substrates represents a new method of preparing nanostructured surfaces, with lateral feature sizes in the range 1-10 nm. 'Pinning' of the incident clusters prevents the diffusion of the clusters on the surface, and thus preserves the gas-phase cluster size, even at room temperature and above. At the same time, advances in diblock copolymer techniques allow the preparation of ordered two-dimensional arrays of clusters. Here we discuss the creation and applications of these nanostructured surfaces, ranging from the fabrication of semiconductor nanostructures to the immobilization of protein molecules.
authors.affiliation: Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. r.e.palmer@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pratontep
authors.forename: H-G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Boyen
mesh_terms: D008420:Manufactured Materials; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012834:Silver
chemical_list: D012834:Silver