Nanofabrication
nano Lithography
nano + bio Directed Assembly
nano + bio + info Self-assembly
Lithography
Precise, but expensive and difficult at small sizes (< 50 nm)
Photolithography: Widely used for microchip mass production
Electron-Beam Lithography: High resolution, individual research devices
Ion Beam Lithography: Special purpose (milling, direct deposition)
Resolution limit /2
Large object:Optical ruler counts /2 interference fringes
/2 limit
Smaller objects
need shorter
Going to Shorter Wavelength (DUV)
Can’t go farther: There is one more excimer laser line at 157 nm (the F2
laser). However, one cannot produce good enough optics with CaF2
(or any other material that remains transparent at such a short wavelength).
Trick 1 to Push beyond /2 :
Immersion Lithography
The higher refractive index of water reduces the wavelength (n = 1.44 at 193
nm).
Trick 2 to Push beyond /2 :
Phase Shift Mask + Enhanced Resist Contrast
Absorbing Mask Phase Mask Enhanced Contrast
In contrast to the traditional absorbing masks, a phase shift mass contains regions of transparent material with high refractive index for shifting the phase. Thereby the oscillations originating from diffraction are converted to a damped decay.
A photoresist with a high contrast narrows the decay width. This requires very good control of the exposure and the resist development.
Leapfrog to 13 nm (EUV)
Need to go to mirror optics, since all materials absorb. Regular mirrors only reflect at oblique incidence, leading to asymmetric optics that are difficult to
control. Use multilayer mirrors, where interference of multiple layers
enhances the reflectivity. 13 nm is preferred, because it allows the use of silicon-based multilayer mirrors. (Si begins to absorb below 13 nm due to the Si 2p core level at about 100 eV.)
Use synchrotron radiation for testing.
Need lab-based light source for mass production.
-1 Diffraction +1 Diffraction
Sample
Transmission Grating Mask
EUV
By interference of the 1st orders one can cut the mask period in half.
Two, three, or four diffracted beams interfere to yield dense lines and
spaces, or cubic or hexagonal arrays of dots
1:1 Lines, 55 nm Pitch
PMMA
Cubic Array of Holes, 57 nm pitch
EUV Interference Lithography
500 nm500 nm500 nm
Paul Nealey (Madison), Harun Solak (Switzerland)
Self-assembly
Cheap, atomically-precise at small sizes (< 5 nm),
but poor positioning at large distances (> 50 nm)
Nanocrystals
These are surprisingly simple to make
Synthesis of Nanocrystals in Inverse Micelles I
Surfactant: Hydrophilic Head Example: Phospholipid
+ Hydrophobic Tail
Micelle: Inverse Micelle:
Heads outside, Water outside Heads inside, Water inside
A nanoscale chemical beaker with aqueous
solution inside
Synthesis of Nanocrystals in Inverse Micelles II
Recipe:
1) Fill inverse micelles with an ionic solution of the desired material.
2) Add a reducing agent to precipitate the neutral material.
3) Narrow the size distribution further by additional tricks.
Lin, Jaeger, Sorensen, Klabunde,
J. Phys. Chem B105, 3353 (2001)
Nanocrystals with equal size form perfect arrays
"Perfect" Magnetic Particles: FePt (4nm)
Sun, Murray , Weller, Folks, Moser, Science 287, 1989 (2000)
Oleic acid spacer ad-justs the distance
3D array 2D array
Shape control of nanocrystals via selective surface passivation by adsorbed molecules. Only the clean surface facets will
grow.
Manna, Scher, Alivisatos, JACS 122, 12700 (2000)
Supported Catalysts
Rhodium nanoparticles on a TiO2 support
Zeolites
Channels for
incorporating
catalysts or
filtering ions
O
Si,Al
Tetrahedra
Self-assembled Nanostructures at Surfaces Push Nanostructures to the Atomic Limit
Reach Atomic Precision
> 100 atoms rearrange themselves to minimize broken
bonds.
Hexagonal fcc (diamond)
(eclipsed) (staggered)
Si(111)7x7
Most stable silicon surface
Si(111)7x7 as
2D Template
One of the two 7x7 triangles is more reactive.
Aluminum sticks there.
Jia et al., APL 80, 3186
(2002)
1 kink in 20 000
atoms
Straight steps
because of the large
7x7 cell.
Wide kinks cost
energy.
15 nm
Stepped Si(111)7x7
Viernow et al., APL 72, 948 (1998)
The 7x7 unit cell provides a
precise 2.3 nm building block
Step Stepx-derivative of the topography
“ illumination from the left ”
Stepped Si(111)7x7
as 1D Template
Atomic Perfection by Self-Assembly
Works up to 10 nm
One 7x7 unit cell per terrace Kirakosian et al., APL 79, 1608 (2001)
5.731 592 8 nm
Sweep out
Kinks into
Bunches by
Electromigratio
n
Yoshida et al., APL 87, 032903 (2005)
Clean
Triple step + 7x7 facet
"Decoration" of Steps 1D Atomic
Chains
With Gold
1/5 monolayer
Si chain
Si dopant
Clean 77
0.02 monolayer
below
optimum Au
coverage
Chains
One-Dimensional Growth
of Atom Chains
Gold chain
GraphiticSilicon
First Principles Calculations:
Sanchez-Portal et al.,PRB 65, 081401 (2002)
Crain, Erwin, et al.,PRB 69, 125401 (2004)
X-Ray Diffraction:
Robinson et al., PRL 88, 096104 (2002)
Unexpected Structures :
Gold at the center, not the
edge !
Graphitic silicon ribbon !
Si(557) - Au
Free-standing Nanowires
Zhao et al., PRL 90, 187401 (2003)
Carbon Nanowire
inside a
Nanotube
Wu et al., Chem. Eur. J. 8, 1261 (2002)
Silicon Nanowire Growth
Works also for carbon nanotubes with Co, Ni as catalytic metal clusters.
Wu and Yang, JACS 123, 3165 (2001)
Catalytic Nanowire Growth of Ge by Precipitation from Solution in
Au
Phase diagram for immiscible solids : The melting temperature of a mixture is lower than for the pure elements.
(L = liquid region)
Peidong Yang et al., Science 292, 1897 (2001) and Int. J. of Nanoscience 1, 1 (2002)
ZnO Nanowires Grown by Precipitation from a Solution
SEM images of ZnO nanowire arrays grown on sapphire substrates. A top view of the well-faceted hexagonal nanowire tips is shown in (E). (F) High-resolution TEM image of an individual ZnO nanowire showing its <0001> growth direction. For the nanowire growth, clean (110) sapphire substrates were coated with a 10 to 35 Å thick layer of Au, with or without using TEM grids as shadow masks.
ZnO Nanowires for Solar Cells
Leschkies et al., Nano Letters 7, 1793 (2007)
Need to collect the electrons quickly in a solar cell to prevent losses. This can be achieved by running many nanowires to the places where electrons are created (here in CdSe dots which coat the ZnO wires).
Ohgai, … , Ansermet, Nanotechnology 14, 978 (2003)
Striped Cu/Co Nanowires Grown by Electroplating into Etched Pores
(Superlattices for efficient sensors)
Directed Assembly
The best of both worlds
Use lithography to define a grid. Then attach self-assembled nano-
objects (dots, wires, diodes, … ).
Unpatterned Surface Patterned Surface (48 nm pitch)
Assembly of Block Copolymers on Lithographically-Defined Lines
S. O. Kim, H. H. Solak, M. P. Stoykovich, N. J. Ferrier, J. J. de Pablo, P. F. Nealey, Nature 411, 424 (2003).
• Perfect positioning over large distances
• Perfect line width, defined by the size of a molecule
Park, Chaikin, Register, ...
Transfer dot patterns from a block copolymer into a
metal
Guided Self-Assembly of Block-Copolymers:
From a random “fingerprint” patterns to an ordered lattice
Polymer in groove:
Thomas, Smith (MIT)
Naito et al. (Toshiba)
Shear via PDMS:
Chaikin (Princeton) On a chemical pattern:
Kim et al. (Madison)
shear
Patterned Magnetic Storage Media for Perfect Bits
Co-polymers as etch masks
Spiral grooves as guide for dots
Naito et al. (Toshiba)
IEEE Trans. Magn. 38, 1949 (2002)
A single magnetic dot for storing one bit.
Side view
Magnetic force microscope dark: spin
light: spin
Normal microscope Dot pattern