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Templated Self-Assembly of Particles

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Nanoparticles are frequently immobilized on substrates to use them as functional elements. In the resulting layer, the particles are accessible, so that their useful properties can be exploited, but their positions are fixed, so that their behavior is stable and reproducible. Frequently, the particlesʼ positions have to be well defined. Templated assembly can position particles even in the low-nanometer size regime, and it can do so efficiently for many particles in parallel. Thus, nanoparticles become building blocks, capable of forming complex superstructures.

Templated assembly is based on a simple idea: particles are brought to a surface that has binding sites which strongly interact with the particles. Ideally, the particles adsorb solely at the predefined binding sites, thus creating the desired arrangement. In reality, it is often a challenge to reach good yields, high precision, and good specificity, in particular for very small particles. Since the method is very general, particles of various materials such as oxides, metals, semiconductors, and polymers can be arranged for applications ranging from microelectronics to optics and biochemistry.

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Abbreviations

AC:

alternating-current

AC:

amorphous carbon

AFM:

atomic force microscope

AFM:

atomic force microscopy

CMOS:

complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor

DNA:

deoxyribonucleic acid

DPN:

dip-pen nanolithography

LBL:

layer-by-layer

MEMS:

microelectromechanical system

MIMIC:

micromolding in capillaries

NIL:

nanoimprint lithography

NP:

nanoparticle

NP:

nanoprobe

PDMS:

polydimethylsiloxane

PMMA:

poly(methyl methacrylate)

RFID:

radiofrequency identification

RSA:

random sequential adsorption

SAM:

scanning acoustic microscopy

SAM:

self-assembled monolayer

SATI:

self-assembly, transfer, and integration

SEM:

scanning electron microscope

SEM:

scanning electron microscopy

UV:

ultraviolet

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