Mechanically sensitive molecules known as mechanophores have recently attracted much
interest due to the need for mechanoresponsive materials. Maleimide–anthracene …

Three-dimensional (3D) printing has been a very active area of research and development
due to its capability to produce 3D objects by design. Miniaturization and improvement of …

A study of the self-assembly of silver atom intercalated 5, 5′-bis (mercaptomethyl)-2, 2′-
bipyridine (BPD; HS-CH2-(C5H3N) 2-CH2-SH) and 1, 4-benzenedimethanethiol (BDMT; HS …

Mechanical activation of reactions can reduce significantly the amounts of solvent and
energy required to form covalent organic bonds. Despite growing interest in the field of …

Hybrid strategies that combine conventional top-down lithography with bottom-up molecular
assembly are of interest for a range of applications including nanolithography and sensors …

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM), such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), is widely known
for high-resolution imaging of surface structures and nanolithography in two dimensions …

Chemical self-assembly has garnered tremendous interest as a tool for generating
nanometer-scale structures and devices. Organosilane self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) …

A simple digital image analysis for measuring nanogap distance produced by adhesion
lithography is proposed. Adhesion lithography produces metal electrodes with sub-15 nm …

The development of methods to produce nanoscale features with tailored chemical
functionalities is fundamental for applications such as nanoelectronics and sensor …

An electrically controlled and renewable hydrophobic surface used to trap and release three
test pollutants on an indium-tin-oxide (ITO) electrode is presented. Oxygen plasma was used …