Publications [#233074] of Jie Liu

Journal Articles

1. Maynor, BW; Li, Y; Liu, J, Au "Ink" for AFM "Dip-Pen" Nanolithography, Langmuir, vol. 17 no. 9 (2001), pp. 2575-2578, American Chemical Society (ACS), ISSN 0743-7463 [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/15)

   Abstract:
   Scanning probe lithography is a rapidly growing research field, in which atomic force microscope based "dip-pen" nanolithography (DPN) is a simple new technique for creating chemically distinct nanostructures on surfaces in a "direct-write" fashion. Previous works demonstrate the transport of alkanethiols to a gold substrate, resulting in the formation of patterned self-assembled monolayers. Here, we show that surface-induced reduction of metal ions combined with DPN can be used to create metallic nanostructures on Si surfaces. Au nanostructures with sub-100-nm resolution can be created routinely, showing that the DPN technique is a general method for nanofabrication.