title: Template-assisted nano-patterning: from the submicron scale to the submolecular level.
abstract: Regular pattern formation based on template synthesis is overviewed from the submicron scale to the submolecular level. Size of patterns of course depends on size of template. Specificity and precision of interaction between the templates and between patterned materials are apparently correlated with the size and precision of patterns.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ariga
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D016062:Porosity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D012822:Silicon Dioxide