Controlling Pattern Formation in Nanoparticle Assemblies via Directed Solvent Dewetting

Controlling Pattern Formation in Nanoparticle Assemblies via Directed Solvent Dewetting: "Author(s): Christopher P. Martin, Matthew O. Blunt, Emmanuelle Pauliac-Vaujour, Andrew Stannard, Philip Moriarty, Ioan Vancea, and Uwe Thiele
We have achieved highly localized control of pattern formation in two-dimensional nanoparticle assemblies by direct modification of solvent dewetting dynamics. A striking dependence of nanoparticle organization on the size of atomic force microscope-generated surface heterogeneities is observed and...
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116103] Published Fri Sep 14, 2007"

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