Electrohydrodynamic patterning of polymer films is an innovative method that employs electric fields to induce controlled instabilities on the free surface of thin polymer layers. This process ...

It is well documented that carbon nanotubes have a huge variety of potential applications. This is due to their high electrical and thermal conductivities, exceptional strength, stiffness and ability ...

(Nanowerk News) Scientists have managed to draw at high resolution and speed, local patterns in organic semiconductor films used in optoelectronic and photonic applications. The new method enables the ...

Polymer brushes—polymer chains attached to a surface in such a way that they stand up like blades of grass from the ground—are promising for making patterned smart surfaces and microarrays for testing ...

(Nanowerk News) Nanolithography, or surface patterning on a nanoscale, is critical for modern technology, but has been developed largely for patterning flat surfaces until recently. A team of ...

Inspired by nature's ability to shape a petal, and building on simple techniques used in photolithography and printing, researchers have developed a new tool for manufacturing three-dimensional shapes ...

High-power lasers are often used to modify polymer surfaces to make high-tech biomedical products, electronics and data storage components. Now researchers have discovered a light-responsive, ...