Lithography array

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As an alternative approach towards the above requirement, Somorjai introduced the method of electron lithography [119] which represents an advanced HIGHTECH sample preparation technique. The method ensures uniform particle size and spacing e.g. Pt particles of 25 nm size could be placed with 50 nm separation. This array showed a uniform activity similar to those measured on single crystal in ethylene hydrogenation. The only difficulty with the method is that the particle size is so far not small enough. Comprehensive reviews have been lined up for the effect of dispersion and its role in heterogeneous catalysis [23,124,125]. 

In order to investigate this effect, ordered arrays of metallic nano-islands were fabricated on glass substrates by a process of natural lithography using monodisperse polystyrene nanospheres. The metal particle dimensions were tailored in order to tune the plasmon resonance wavelength to match the spectral absorption of the fluorophore. The fluorophore, Cy5 dye, which is widely used in optical immunoassays and has a medium quantum efficiency ( 0.3), was used in this preliminary study of the plasmonic enhancement effect. 

Figure 17. AFM images of nanoisland arrays produced using natural lithography.

Fig. 9.9 SEM micrograph of an n-type silicon electrode with an etched macropore array (5 2 cm, (100), 3 V, 350 min, 2.5% HF). Pore growth was induced by a square pattern of pits produced by standard lithography and subsequent alkaline etching (inset upper right). In order to measure the depth dependence of the growth rate, the current density was periodically kept at 5 mA cm 2 for 45 min and then reduced to 3.3 mA crrf2 for 5 min. This results in a periodic decrease in the pore diameter, as indicated by the white labels on the left-hand side. After [Le9].

To increase printing rates an idea is to develop parallel e-beam lithography [36,50-56]. This would use electrically addressable two-dimensional arrays of electron sources. Each source would be a field emitter inside a CMOS control element. The electron sources in this case are quite complex, having not only grids but also focusing electrodes [36],... 

Quantum dots are the engineered counterparts to inorganic materials such as groups IV, III-V and II-VI semiconductors. These structures are prepared by complex techniques such as molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), lithography or self-assembly, much more complex than the conventional chemical synthesis. Quantum dots are usually termed artificial atoms (OD) with dimensions larger than 20-30 nm, limited by the preparation techniques. Quantum confinement, single electron transport. Coulomb blockade and related quantum effects are revealed with these OD structures (Smith, 1996). 2D arrays of such OD artificial atoms can be achieved leading to artificial periodic structures. 

The resist contrast function described above is useful in estimating ultimate resolution but does not provide a good indication of the width of the process window for a given lithography process. An array of lines may be clearly... 

Hulteen JC, Van Duyne RP. Nanosphere lithography a materials general fabrication process for periodic particle array surfaces. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 1995, 13, 1553-1558. 

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