The area of micro total analysis systems, also called “lab on a chip”, or miniaturized analysis
systems, is growing rapidly. Since the excellent research documented in many publications …

Fascinating (and sometimes technologically important) phenomena occur in systems that
have a spatial dimension comparable to that of a fundamental physical, chemical, or …

Self-assembly is a process in which components, either separate or linked, spontaneously
form ordered aggregates. Self-assembly can occur with components having sizes from the …

Composite stamps composed of two layers a stiff layer supported by a flexible layer extend
the capabilities of soft lithography to the generation of 50− 100-nm features. The preparation …

This article provides an overview of various patterning methodologies, and it is organized
into three major sections: generation of patterns, replication of patterns, and three …

The deposition of a thin, metal film onto an array of spherical silica colloids, followed by
dissolution of the colloidal template, produces metallic half-shells with nanometer-scale …

Nanofabrication is playing an ever increasing role in science and technology on the
nanometer scale and will soon allow us to build systems of the same complexity as found in …

Abstract π‐Conjugated polymers show promise as active materials in application areas such
as microelectronics, electro‐optics, opto‐electronics, and photonics. A critical feature in this …

In this letter, we describe the spontaneous formation of complex and ordered structures on
polydimethylsiloxane when subjected to oxygen plasma treatment. Periodicity of wavy …

We have developed soft molding as a method for meso-scale-area fabrication of three-
dimensional structures. The soft molding, which is a form of soft lithography, involves placing …