title: Directed electroless growth of metal nanostructures on patterned self-assembled monolayers.
abstract: The directed placement of Cu nanostructures on surfaces has been studied using a combination of scanning probe lithography and electroless metal deposition onto nanopatterned SAMs of 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (16-MHA) on Au. In situ studies using nanoscale molecular gradients reveal how controlling the areal density of the 16-MHA molecules dictates the nucleation and growth of the metal nanostructures. The influence of controlling pattern line spacing and tip path on pattern feature fidelity is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Sciences and Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA.
authors.forename: Jayne C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Garno
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Zangmeister
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Batteas