Abstract
Directed assembly of nanomaterials is a promising route for the synthesis of nanoscale materials. In this paper, we demonstrate the directed-assembly of highly ordered two-dimensional arrays of hierarchical nanostructures with tunable size, spacing and composition. The directed assembly is achieved on lithographically patterned metal films that are subsequently pulse-laser melted; during the brief liquid lifetime, the pattened nanostructures assemble into highly ordered primary and secondary nanoparticles, with sizes below that which was originally patterned. Complementary fluid-dynamics simulations emulate the resultant patterns and show how the competition of capillary forces and liquid metal-solid substrate interaction potential drives the directed assembly. As an example of the enhanced functionality, a full-wave electromagnetic analysis has been performed to identify the nature of the supported plasmonic resonances.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5835-5843 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 23 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
Keywords
- dewetting
- directed assembly
- laser
- nanoparticle array
- plasmonics