TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanostructures with long-range order in monolayer self-assembly
AU - Shi, Feng
AU - Sharma, Pradeep
AU - Kouri, Donald J.
AU - Hussain, Fazle
AU - Gunaratne, Gemunu H.
PY - 2008/8/19
Y1 - 2008/8/19
N2 - A key ingredient for continued expansion of nanotechnologies is the ability to create perfectly ordered arrays on a small scale with both site and size control. Self-assembly-i.e., the spontaneous formation of nanostructures-is a highly promising alternative to traditional fabrication methods. However, efforts to obtain perfect long-range order via self-assembly have been frustrated in practice as ensuing patterns contain defects. We use an idea based on the fundamental physics of pattern formation to introduce a strategy to consistently obtain perfect patterns.
AB - A key ingredient for continued expansion of nanotechnologies is the ability to create perfectly ordered arrays on a small scale with both site and size control. Self-assembly-i.e., the spontaneous formation of nanostructures-is a highly promising alternative to traditional fabrication methods. However, efforts to obtain perfect long-range order via self-assembly have been frustrated in practice as ensuing patterns contain defects. We use an idea based on the fundamental physics of pattern formation to introduce a strategy to consistently obtain perfect patterns.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=50149091062&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.025203
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.025203
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50149091062
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 78
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 2
M1 - 025203
ER -