Multifunctional Cantilever-free Scanning Probe Arrays Coated with Multilayer Graphene

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2012 Oct 23

PMID 23086161

Citations 11

Authors

Wooyoung Shim

Keith A Brown

Xiaozhu Zhou

Boris Rasin

Xing Liao

Chad A Mirkin

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Abstract

Scanning probe instruments have expanded beyond their traditional role as imaging or "reading" tools and are now routinely used for "writing." Although a variety of scanning probe lithography techniques are available, each one imposes different requirements on the types of probes that must be used. Additionally, throughput is a major concern for serial writing techniques, so for a scanning probe lithography technique to become widely applied, there needs to be a reasonable path toward a scalable architecture. Here, we use a multilayer graphene coating method to create multifunctional massively parallel probe arrays that have wear-resistant tips of uncompromised sharpness and high electrical and thermal conductivities. The optical transparency and mechanical flexibility of graphene allow this procedure to be used for coating exceptionally large, cantilever-free arrays that can pattern with electrochemical desorption and thermal, in addition to conventional, dip-pen nanolithography.

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