Manual, In situ, Real-Time Nanofabrication using Cracking through Indentation.

ABSTRACT: Nanofabrication has seen an increasing demand for applications in many fields of science and technology, but its production still requires relatively difficult, time-consuming, and expensive processes. Here we report a simple but very effective one dimensional (1D) nano-patterning technology that suggests a new nanofabrication method. This new technique involves the control of naturally propagating cracks initiated through simple, manually generated indentation, obviating the necessity of complicated equipment and elaborate experimental environments such as those that employ clean rooms, high vacuums, and the fastidious maintenance of processing temperatures. The channel fabricated with this technique can be as narrow as 10 nm with unlimited length and very high cross-sectional aspect rati

SUBMITTER: Nam KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4698748 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature