An emerging strategy for synthesizing nanoclusters and nanoparticles involves the
confinement of particle precursors within small volumes and the subsequent reduction and …

Micro-and nanoscale surface modification using scanning probe microscopy techniques in
combination with electrochemically induced surface structuring provides a maskless in situ …

Surfaces with patterned biomolecules have wide applications in biochips and biomedical
diagnostics. However, most patterning methods are inapplicable to physiological conditions …

Structural electrolytes present advantages over liquid varieties, which are critical to myriad
applications. In particular, structural electrolytes based on polymerized ionic liquids or poly …

Soft materials in ordered microstructures, soft microstructure arrays (SMAs), hold the
potential to combine polymer science, surface physics and chemistry, and structural …

A nanoelectrode with a controllable area was developed using commercial atomic force
microscopy and a hydrogel. Although tremendous advantages of small electrodes from …

Two challenges should be overcome for the ultra‐precision machining of micro‐optical
element with freeform curved surface: one is the intricate geometry, the other is the hard‐to …

The unique properties of smart hydrogels combined with conducting surfaces opened new
possibilities in the construction of novel electrochemical devices. Electrodes modified with …

PLE presents an alternative or complementary probe-based tool to DPN, PPL, and NFL.
Unlike most scanning probe techniques, where patterning by deposition is usually …