Abstract
This feature article provides an overview of the recently developed two-step UV-assisted capillary force lithography and its application to fabricating well-defined micro/nanoscale hierarchical structures. This method utilizes an oxygen inhibition effect in the course of UV irradiation curing and a two-step moulding process, to form multiscale hierarchical or suspended nanobridge structures in a rapid and reproducible manner. After a brief description of the fabrication principles, several examples of the two-step UV-assisted moulding technique are presented. In addition, emerging applications of the multiscale hierarchical structures are briefly described. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2009.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 331 |
| Journal | Nanoscale |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): K.UK-F1-037-02
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation through the Nano R&D Program (Grant 200702605), the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) program (No. K.UK-F1-037-02) and the Micro Thermal System Research Center at Seoul National University.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.