Serial and parallel dip-pen nanolithography using a colloidal probe tip.
AFM tips terminated with PMMA colloids are used to pattern molecules in both serial and parallel modes by allowing the polymer on the tip to swell under different humidity conditions. This extension of the dip-pen nanolithography technique provides an easy methodology to place inks on different substrates without the need to perform specialized tip alignment.
Kramer
Marcus A
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Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
Jaganathan
Hamsa
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Ivanisevic
Albena
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D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006813:Humidity; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
D003102:Colloids; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; C013830:baysilon; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate