A novel nanofabrication using micro droplet jetting system

This study briefly reports a newly developed nanopatterning technology utilizing a so-called micro droplet jetting system, which can be used in various applications such as nanofabrication. Compared with the conventional methods, this technology has the advantages as follows: it can be manipulated easily and patterned freely as the user requires; furthermore, it shows high-reliability and high-stability with very low cost. The typical specs of the micro droplet jetting system for fabricating nanodevice show as follows: (1) nanoparticle size: 50-60 nm; (2) characteristic wavelength: 400-450 nm; (3) volume of droplet: 6 ppl; (4) size of pixel: 70 μm. In this article, the nanopatterning technology adopting the micro droplet jetting system has been demonstrated to be useful for nanopatterning the pixels which consist of nanoparticles, organic luminescent materials. In addition, the micro topography and the luminescent property of the patterned surface have been characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and fluorescence microscope, respectively. Finally, the fluorescence of the patterned nanoparticles was observed.