title: Liquid-mediated three-dimensional scanning probe nanosculpting.
abstract: 3D functional polymer brushes are fabricated by liquid-mediated scanning probe nanosculpting (LSPN). Surface-tethered functional polymer brushes, which are immersed in their good solvent, are mechanically cleaved away from the substrate by the AFM tip at high forces, and immediately imaged in situ with the same AFM tip at low applied forces.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
authors.forename: Tiansheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Xuechang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chunfeng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xuqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhuang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Guangzhao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
keywords: 3D structures; SI-ATRP; nanomachining; polymer brushes; scanning probe lithography