Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 69-76Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl902872w
Keywords
Nano-fabrication; nano-mechanics; microstructure; e-beam lithography; electroplating
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-0748267]
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It has been demonstrated that the mechanical properties of materials change significantly when external dimensions are confined to the nanoscale. Currently, the dominant fabrication method for mechanical testing specimens with nanometer dimensions is by using focused ion beam (FIB) milling, which results in inevitable Ga+ induced damage to the microstructure. Here, we report a FIB-less fabrication technique to create arrays of vertically oriented gold and copper nanopillars based on patterning polymethylmethacrylate by electron beam lithography and subsequent electroplating into the prescribed template. This fabrication process is capable of producing a wide range of microstructures: from single crystals and nanotwinned, to bi-, poly-, and nanocrystalline mechanical testing specimens with diameters from 750 down to 25 nm with the diameter range below 100 nm previously inaccessible by FIB.
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