Introduction
Self-assembly process to arrange atoms/molecules into larger constructs
What are bottom-up methods?
An application process of adding a photoresist onto a wafer surfaces
What is spin coating?
A direct-write scanning-probe-based lithography method in which an AFM tip is used to make chemical nanostructures
What is dip-pen nanolithography?
A block copolymer with a hydrophobic and hydrophilic block
What is an amphiphilic block copolymer?
It stabilizes small colloidal particles and prevent sedimentation.
What is the effect of Brownian motion on colloidal particles?
A photoresist that polymerizes upon exposure to light
What is a negative photoresist?
The material that the stamps or molds are made of in soft lithography.
What is polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)?
A polymerization without termination reactions
What is a living polymerization?
Combination of the van der Waals theory and electric double layer (EDL) theory
What is the DVLO theory?
A measure for how much light which can be collected/emitted by an optical system (objective, fibre, etc.)
What is the numerical aperture?
A parallel nanolithography process with comparable resolution to e-beam lithography.
What is nanoimprint lithography?
The parameters used to describe the molecular weight distribution
What is the Mn, Mw, and PDI?
The first layer of the EDL, which forms at a charged surface in an ionic solution.
What is the Stern layer?
Different parameters that improve the resolution in photolithography.
What is the wavelength, numerical aperture and process factor k1?
Nanolithography methods where capillary forces are of core importance.
What is colloidal lithography and micromolding in capillaries?
They are controlled radical polymerization techniques
What are NMP, RAFT, and ATRP?
The stability of both correct and incorrect complexes during self-assembly decreases.
What does the increase of temperature influence?
Key aspects that are used in resolution enhancement technology
What are the illumination optics, the photomask and the photoresist?
Two of the main challenges in microfluidics
What is sensitivity limited by small volume, integration of microvalves and micropumps? (or packaging, control algorithm, data processing, communication)
They are polymers, where the physical properties can be changed.
What are stimuli responsive polymers?