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A Novel Fabrication Technique for Developing Metal Nanodroplet Arrays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Christopher Edgar ,
Chad Johns  and
M. Saif Islam
Christopher Edgar
Affiliation:
cedgar@ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, One Shields Avenue, 1207 Kemper Hall, Davis, California, 95616, United States, 530 754-2257
Chad Johns
Affiliation:
cdjohns@ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, One Shields Avenue, 1207 Kemper, Davis, California, 95616, United States
M. Saif Islam
Affiliation:
saif@ece.ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, One Shields Avenue, 1207 Kemper, Davis, California, 95616, United States
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Abstract

Metal patterned lines on a substrate have been annealed and broken down into isolated linear arrays of alloyed metal nanoscale droplets. These droplets are selectively fabricated across large-scale areas by controlling the location metal is present on a substrate. The metal instability and formation into nanoscale particles forms similar to studies in Rayleigh Instability of metal at an elevated temperature. Experimental results discussed here show a change in droplet diameter and formation by controlling the metal width.

Keywords

metalnanoscaleparticulate
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 940: Symposium P – Semiconductor Nanowires – Fabrication, Physical Properties, and Applications , 2006 , 0940-P13-12
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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