Liquid-mediated three-dimensional scanning probe nanosculpting

Tiansheng Gan; Xuechang Zhou; Chunfeng Ma; Xuqing Liu; Zhuang Xie; Guangzhao Zhang; Zijian Zheng

doi:10.1002/smll.201300238

Liquid-mediated three-dimensional scanning probe nanosculpting

Small. 2013 Sep 9;9(17):2851-6. doi: 10.1002/smll.201300238. Epub 2013 Apr 2.

Authors

Tiansheng Gan¹, Xuechang Zhou, Chunfeng Ma, Xuqing Liu, Zhuang Xie, Guangzhao Zhang, Zijian Zheng

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.

PMID: 23554330
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201300238

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.

Keywords: 3D structures; SI-ATRP; nanomachining; polymer brushes; scanning probe lithography.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't