Yu Shi Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering. 10 -6 m10 -7 m10 -8 m10 -9 m10 -10 m10 -5 m10 -11 m optical microscope electron microscope Scanning probe.

Yu ShiDept. of Materials Science & Engineering

10-6m 10-7m 10-8m 10-9m 10-10m10-5m 10-11m

optical microscope

electron microscope

Scanning probe microscope

photolithography

E-beam lithography

If you can see, then you should be able to write…

4,000 years ago… Invention of AFM in 1986…

1995 by Jaschke & Butt…

1999…

Butt et al. Langmuir 11, 1061 (1995).Mirkin et al. Science 283, 661 (1999).

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Mirkin et al. Science 283, 661 (1999).

Mirkin et al. Nature Nanotechnology 2, 145 (2007).

Mirkin et al. Nature Nanotechnology 2, 145 (2007).

55,000 cantilevers and 88,000,000 gold dots!

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Q & A…

“DPN is finding applications in certain areas that impact the semiconductor industry such as mask fabrication, inspection and repair…”

“…However, its unique attributes have positioned it on a different path aimed largely at exploiting the properties and applications of nanopatterned soft materials…”

-- C. A. Mirkin (2007)Mirkin et al. Nature Nanotechnology 2, 145 (2007).