page_title: Directed assembly of micro- and nano-structures
section_title: Nanostructures
hierarchical_section_title: Directed assembly of micro- and nano-structures / Nanostructures
caption_attribution_description: English: An example of self-assembly of nanoparticles in a solution. In this diagram, it can be seen that a disordered system formed an organized structure which can be due to specific interactions among the particles.
context_page_description: Directed assembly of micro- and nano-structures are methods of mass-producing micro to nano devices and materials. Directed assembly allows the accurate control of assembly of micro and nano particles to form even the most intricate and highly functional devices or materials.
context_section_description: Nanotechnology provides methods to organizing materials such as molecules, polymers, building blocks, etc. to form precise nanostructures which have many applications. In the process and application of peptide self-assembly into nano tubes, the single-wall carbon nano tubes is an example which consists of a graphene sheet seamlessly wrapped to a cylinder. This produced in the outside flow of a carbon and yield by laser vaporization of graphite enriched by a transition metal.
  Nanoimprint lithography is a popular method to fabricate nanometer scale pattern. The patterns are made by mechanical deformation of imprint resist (monomer or polymer formulation) and subsequent processes. Then, it is cured by heat or ultraviolet light, and tight level of the resist and template is controlled at appropriate conditions depend on our purposes. In addition, nanoimprint lithography has high resolution and throughput with low cost. Disadvantages include increased time for templating procedures, a lack of standard procedures results in multiple fabrication methods, and the patterns that are able to be formed are limited.
  With the goal of mitigating these advantages while applying nanotechnology to electronics, researchers at the National Science Foundation’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University with partners UMass Lowell and University of New Hampshire have developed a directed assembly process of single-walled carbon nano tube (SWNT) networks to create a circuit template that can be transfer from one substrate to another.
caption: A directed assembly of nano particles. Here the particles form an organized structure from an initial disorganized state.
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