Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly

, Volume 141, Issue 12, pp 1267–1272 | Cite as

The scale-up of material microstructuring: from scanning probes to self-assembly

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Abstract

The behaviour of materials is governed by their microstructures, whether they are naturally occurring or artificially designed. Engineered microstructures lead to materials with new and useful functions, but their real-world application requires scalable microstructuring methods for production. This review discusses several principles of fabrication and their scalability. Replication by imprint and multiplexed probes are obvious candidates for scale-up, but they limit the choice of materials. The assembly of interacting particles is a promising, scalable fabrication method. A wide range of materials can be obtained as particles which assemble into regular superstructures, but large-scale structuring at high precision and yield as yet remains a challenge.

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Microstructure Microfabrication Nanotechnology Particles 
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Acknowledgments

The author thanks Marleen Kamperman and Eoin Murray for helpful discussions and Eduard Arzt for his continuous support.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Structure Formation GroupLeibniz Institute for New Materials (INM)SaarbrückenGermany

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