Ink transport modelling in Dip-Pen
Nanolithography and Polymer Pen Lithography

• Authors: Ainhoa Urtizberea , Michael Hirtz , Harald Fuchs
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) and Polymer
pen lithography (PPL) are powerful lithography
techniques being able to pattern a wide range of inks.
Transport and surface spreading depend on the ink
physicochemical properties, defining its diffusive
and fluid character. Structure assembly on surface
arises from a balance between the entanglement of
the ink itself and the interaction with the substrate.
According to the transport characteristics, different
models have been proposed. In this article we review
the common types of inks employed for patterning, the
particular physicochemical characteristics that make
them flow following different dynamics as well as the
corresponding transport mechanisms and models that
describe them.

Keywords

EN

Dip-pen nanolithography; DPN; Polymer PenNanolithography; PPL; ink transport

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

Dates

received

23 - 11 - 2015

accepted

23 - 12 - 2015

online

5 - 2 - 2016

Contributors

author

Ainhoa Urtizberea

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

author

Michael Hirtz

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

author

Harald Fuchs

• Institute of Nanotechnology (INT)
  and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of
  Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
• Physical Institute and Center for Nanotechnology
  (CeNTech), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster,
  Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nanofab-2015-0005