Micro-to-nanometer patterning of solution-based materials for electronics and optoelectronics

Abstract

Technologies for micro-to-nanometer patterns of solution-based materials (SBMs) contribute to a wide range of practical applications in the fields of electronics and optoelectronics.

Recent advances in techniques for fabrication and characterization of nanogap biosensors: A review

“…The size reduction is one of the newest and sophisticated approaches, and it is a new method for the fabrication of nanostructures that attracted great interest, because of the possibility of increasing the device‐packing density, reduction of power consumption, and creation of a new class of nanoelectronics devices, such as single‐electron transistors and metal/insulator tunnel transistors using these techniques 116 . The techniques will allow the creation of very small nanodevices where a combination of biorecognition elements with nanostructures might allow the creation of functional hybrid systems with molecular‐scale proximity between the recognition and transduction elements, found to be crucial as evidenced in many studies 117–119 . This section discusses the conventional photolithography combined with the pattern‐size reduction technique as an alternative to the size‐expansion technique to reproducibly fabricate self‐aligned nanostructures 120,121 .…”

“…116 The techniques will allow the creation of very small nanodevices where a combination of biorecognition elements with nanostructures might allow the creation of functional hybrid systems with molecular-scale proximity between the recognition and transduction elements, found to be crucial as evidenced in many studies. [117][118][119] This section discusses the conventional photolithography combined with the patternsize reduction technique as an alternative to the sizeexpansion technique to reproducibly fabricate self-aligned nanostructures. 120,121 Briefly, the size reduction technique involves a thermal oxidation process by which an oxide layer is generated and an etching process that removes the oxide layer.…”

Challenges, Prospects, and Emerging Applications of Inkjet‐Printed Electronics: A Chemist's Point of View

“…Any decrease of this gap leads to an increase of the magnitude of the output signal (keeping the same biasing voltages). To date, submicron‐resolution printing is sought for most applications in (opto)electronics and energy production and storage devices, as highlighted in recent topic‐related reviews [25–29] …”

Challenges, Prospects, and Emerging Applications of Inkjet‐Printed Electronics: A Chemist's Point of View

“…To date, submicron-resolution printing is sought for most applications in (opto)electronics and energy production and storage devices, as highlighted in recent topic-related reviews. [25][26][27][28][29] As previously mentioned, recent developments in nanochemistry have led to the creation of functional nanoparticle-based inks that act as the basis for a new generation of printed devices, especially in the bio-and opto-electronics fields. However, to take full advantage of properties arising from the nanoscale, at least one dimension of the system must be below the characteristic length associated with the property that is being considered, e.g.…”