Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Alloy-assisted deposition of three-dimensional arrays of atomic gold catalyst for crystal growth studies

  • Yin Fang,
  • Yuanwen Jiang,
  • Mathew J. Cherukara,
  • Fengyuan Shi,
  • Kelliann Koehler,
  • George Freyermuth,
  • Dieter Isheim,
  • Badri Narayanan,
  • Alan W. Nicholls,
  • David N. Seidman,
  • Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan,
  • Bozhi Tian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02025-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Parallel patterning of atoms over a large surface would represent a major advance over current serial methods of single atom manipulation. Here, the authors explore a periodic instability from liquid alloy droplets for high-throughput atom printing.