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Nanoscaled Surface Patterning of Conducting Polymers
Author(s) -
Jiang Lin,
Wang Xing,
Chi Lifeng
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201002356
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , materials science , fabrication , polymer , etching (microfabrication) , high resolution , conductive polymer , medicine , alternative medicine , remote sensing , layer (electronics) , geology , composite material , pathology
In continuing the steady development of integrated‐circuit‐related fabrication, the ability to pattern conducting polymers into smaller and smaller sizes in order to realize devices with enhanced performance or even wholly new properties begins to take a more prominent role in their advanced applications. This review summarizes the recent advances in top‐down and bottom‐up patterning of conducting polymers on surfaces with different approaches including direct writing, in‐situ synthesis or assembly, etching, and nanoscratching. All of the latest emerging strategies have the potential to go beyond the current state of the art towards real progress in terms of high‐precision positioning, high resolution, high throughout, higher stability, facile processing, and lower‐cost production.