title: Dynamic shadow mask technique: a universal tool for nanoscience.
abstract: A comprehensive instrument, designed for fabricating nanostructures by evaporation through a dynamic shadow mask in ultrahigh vacuum, is described. The versatility and performance of the instrument is demonstrated through a series of examples, allowing for applications that are impossible to achieve with traditional nanopatterning methods. Clean nanostructures or entire devices made of different materials and on various substrates can be fabricated. The technique is compatible with fundamental surface science and can be easily interfaced with other fabrication and characterization techniques.
authors.affiliation: Nanoscience, University of Cambridge, 11. J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FF, England. egger.stefan@nims.go.jp
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Adelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilie
authors.forename: Yiton
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chongsathien
authors.forename: Dae-Joon
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Welland