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. 1999 Jan 29;283(5402):661-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.283.5402.661.

"Dip-Pen" nanolithography

RD Piner  1 , J Zhu, F Xu, S Hong, CA Mirkin
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"Dip-Pen" nanolithography

RD Piner et al. Science. .

Abstract

A direct-write "dip-pen" nanolithography (DPN) has been developed to deliver collections of molecules in a positive printing mode. An atomic force microscope (AFM) tip is used to write alkanethiols with 30-nanometer linewidth resolution on a gold thin film in a manner analogous to that of a dip pen. Molecules are delivered from the AFM tip to a solid substrate of interest via capillary transport, making DPN a potentially useful tool for creating and functionalizing nanoscale devices.

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