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Imprint-Templated Nanocoax Array Architecture: Fabrication and Utilization

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Arrays of vertically-oriented cylindrical, coaxial and triaxial nanostructures are fabricated from polymer nanopillar arrays prepared by nanoimprint lithography. With particular process modifications, these arrays have wide potential utility, including as molecular-scale biological (biomarker, pathogen, etc.) and chemical (explosives, environmental agents, etc.) sensors, high density neuroelectronic interfaces and retinal prostheses, radial junction photovoltaic solar cells, ultracapacitors, and optical metastructures. We report on their fabrication and example utilizations in the latter of these areas, with arrays of typical area density 106 mm−2.

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This work was supported by the W.M. Keck Foundation and the US National Cancer Institute.

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  1. Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA

    B. Rizal, F. Ye, P. Dhakal, M. J. Burns & Michael J. Naughton

  2. Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA

    T. C. Chiles

  3. Nanofabrication Clean Room, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA

    S. Shepard & G. McMahon

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Rizal, B. et al. (2013). Imprint-Templated Nanocoax Array Architecture: Fabrication and Utilization. In: Di Bartolo, B., Collins, J. (eds) Nano-Optics for Enhancing Light-Matter Interactions on a Molecular Scale. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5313-6_18

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