Soft lithography is a low-cost, non-photolithographic strategy for carrying out micro-and nano-
fabrication. This unconventional approach consists of techniques based on self-assembly …

In addition to its well-known capabilities in imaging and spectroscopy, scanning probe
microscopy (SPM) has recently shown great potentials for patterning of material structures in …

A direct-write “dip-pen” nanolithography (DPN) has been developed to deliver collections of
molecules in a positive printing mode. An atomic force microscope (AFM) tip is used to write …

The formation of intricate nanostructures will require the ability to maintain surface registry
during several patterning steps. A scanning probe method, dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) …

The ability to organize matter on the nanometer scale is one of the major enabling principles
in the field of nanotechnology. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) has been a key tool in …

Soon after the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) 1 and the scanning or
atomic force microscope (SFM/AFM), 2 researchers found that subsequent images of an …

Nanostructured transition metal clusters and colloids have various potential applications,
their properties depending on the particle size, which ranges from 1 to 10 nm. Here is …

In this the 50th anniversary year of the AVS and the AVS Symposium, this article is offered
as one in a series of topical review articles to celebrate the role of this community to the …

The fabrication of atomic point contacts by using anodic oxidation of thin Al films with an
atomic force microscope is reported. In situ electrical measurements were used as feedback …

The fabrication of electrical interconnects to provide power for and communication with
computers as their component complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices …