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dc.contributor.authorFacchini, M.
dc.contributor.authorCavallini, M.
dc.contributor.authorMassi, Massimiliano
dc.contributor.authorBiscarini, F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:34:12Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:34:12Z
dc.date.created2012-12-03T07:24:54Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationCavallini, Massimiliano and Facchini, Massimo and Massi, Massimiliano and Biscarini, Fabio. 2004. Bottom-up nanofabrication of materials for organic electronics. Synthetic Metals 146 (3): pp. 283-286.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3808
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.08.006
dc.description.abstract

Self-organising functional systems and devices are the ultimate aim of bottom-up fabrication. Here, we show how spontaneous organisation can be exploited for patterning a variety of materials, relevant to organic electronics, into arrays of lines or dots by means of a stamp-assisted deposition method, termed lithographically controlled wetting (LCW). LCW is a versatile bottom-up method, able to exploit the spontaneous properties of materials; a stamp is gently placed on a solution layer cast on a substrate. Capillary forces pin the layer to the stamp protrusions, and the hydrodynamic flow during solvent evaporation moves the solution under the protrusions. As the critical concentration is achieved, the solute precipitates only in the regions where the solution is confined by the menisci, and the pattern exhibits the motif of the stamp. By changing concentration or stamp-substrate distance, it is possible to downscale the feature size down to sub-100 nm length scale. Spatially organised nanodots or crystallites can be fabricated by exploiting dewetting, ripening and crystallization.

dc.publisherELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
dc.subjectSCALE
dc.subjectlithographically controlled wetting - SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNETS
dc.subjectbottom-up nanofabrication
dc.subjectorganic electronics
dc.subjectPATTERNS
dc.titleBottom-up nanofabrication of materials for organic electronics
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume146
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage283
dcterms.source.endPage286
dcterms.source.issn03796779
dcterms.source.titleSynthetic Metals
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