title: Spontaneous formation of periodic nanostructures by localized dynamic wrinkling.
abstract: Micro/nanoscale periodic structures are widely used in display, optics and bio industries as key functional elements. We present a novel nanopatterning method, localized dynamic wrinkling (LDW), which creates micro/nanoscale metal gratings continuously by simply sliding a flat edge of a hard material over a thin metal surface coated on a polymer layer. The LDW process presented in this paper is an etching- and template-free nanopatterning technology based on nanoscale wrinkling phenomenon. This simple process enables spontaneous formation of large-area metal gratings with controllable periodicity from micrometer down to 120 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Se Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: L Jay
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Guo