To realize the full potential of nanocrystals in nanotechnology, it is necessary to integrate
single nanocrystals into addressable structures; for example, arrays and periodic lattices …

The capability of placing individual nanoscale building blocks on exact substrate locations in
a controlled manner is one of the key requirements to realize future electronic, optical, and …

Both the charged surfaces and condition of supersaturated solutions are thought to be the
important factors that greatly affect the nucleation of hydroxyapatite (HAp) onto the …

Drops containing suspended particles are placed on surfaces of patterned wettability
created using soft lithography; the drop diameter is large compared to the dimensions of the …

The development of nanodevices that exploit the unique properties of nanoparticles, will
require high-speed methods for patterning surfaces with nanoparticles over large areas and …

Ordered 2D non-close-packed sphere arrays with controllable lattice structures have been
fabricated by using soft lithography based on the solvent-swelling and mechanical …

The capability of assembling nanoparticles into a desired ordered pattern is a key to realize
novel devices which are based not only on the unique properties of nanoparticles but also …

We have used a temperature sensitive polymer film as a removable template to position, and
align, gold nanorods onto an underlying target substrate. Shape-matching guiding structures …

A substrate of thin micromagnets covered by a template of microwells is used to direct the
assembly of superparamagnetic colloidal beads into two-dimensional arrays. It is confirmed …

The electrostatic deposition of particles has become a very effective route to the assembly of
many nanoscale materials. However, fundamental limitations to the process are presented …