A
method for nanoscale
patterning of surfaces by the transfer of a material from the tip of an
atomic force microscope onto the surface. Developed by Professor Chad A.
Mirkin, the DPN allows researchers to precisely lay down or "write"
chemicals, metals, biological macromolecules, and other molecular "inks" with nanometer dimensions and precision on a surface.
A
direct-write soft lithography technique that is used to create nanostructures on a substrate
of interest by delivering collections of molecules
via capillary transport from an AFM tip to a surface.
The
probe of an atomic force microscope (see AFM) is used for a direct writing
process on the nanometer
scale with a suitable ink in which the probe was previously immersed.
A
direct-write soft lithography technique that is used to create nanostructures on a substrate
of interest by delivering collections of molecules
via capillary transport from an AFM tip to a surface.
