Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

High-resolution patterning of solution-processable materials via externally engineered pinning of capillary bridges

  • Shunpu Li,
  • Young Tea Chun,
  • Shuo Zhao,
  • Hyungju Ahn,
  • Docheon Ahn,
  • Jung Inn Sohn,
  • Yongbing Xu,
  • Pawan Shrestha,
  • Mike Pivnenko,
  • Daping Chu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02835-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Solution-processed electronics is desirable for large-scale electronics, but it is challenging to fabricate nanometre patterns via liquid processes. Li et al. address this problem using soft molds with groove and ridge structures, which control thin-film morphology upon dying via the pinning effect.