Patterning of Quantum Dots by Dip-Pen and Polymer Pen Nanolithography

• Authors: Soma Biswas , Falko Brinkmann , Michael Hirtz , Harald Fuchs
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present a direct way of patterning CdSe/
ZnS quantum dots by dip-pen nanolithography and
polymer pen lithography. Mixtures of cholesterol and
phospholipid 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3 phosphocholine
serve as biocompatible carrier inks to facilitate the transfer
of quantum dots from the tips to the surface during
lithography. While dip-pen nanolithography of quantum
dots can be used to achieve higher resolution and smaller
pattern features (approximately 1 μm), polymer pen
lithography is able to address intermediate pattern scales
in the low micrometre range. This allows us to combine
the advantages of micro contact printing in large area and
massive parallel patterning, with the added flexibility in
pattern design inherent in the DPN technique.

Keywords

EN

Microarrays; Phospholipids; cholesterol; Nanoparticles; Fluorescence microscopy; Atomic forcemicroscopy

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nanofabrication
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

2 - 11 - 2014

online

6 - 5 - 2015

accepted

9 - 2 - 2015

Contributors

author

Soma Biswas

• Institute of Nanotechnology
  (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe
  Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen,
  Germany
• Laboratory for Bio- and Nano- Instrumentation
  (LBNI), Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015
  Lausanne, Switzerland

author

Falko Brinkmann

• Institute of Nanotechnology
  (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe
  Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen,
  Germany

author

Michael Hirtz

• Institute of Nanotechnology
  (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe
  Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen,
  Germany

author

Harald Fuchs

• Institute of Nanotechnology
  (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe
  Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen,
  Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nanofab-2015-0002