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Here, we describe the effect of writing speed in dip pen nanolithography on the morphology (height and density) of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols on gold surfaces. The analysis of atomic force microscopy images of written monolayers shows that molecules assemble according to a nucleation and growth mechanism. Slow writing speeds lead to dense monolayers that can be used either to direct the self-assembly of metal nanoparticles or as masks for selective etching of conductive gold nanowires.
Raffaella Buonsanti, Philippe Benjamin Green, Alexander Nicolas Chen, Victoria Lapointe
Jürgen Brugger, Olivier Martin, Giovanni Boero, Hsiang-Chu Wang, Ana Conde Rubio, Henry Shao-Chi Yu