Publications
1.
Kang, Sung Hoon; Wu, Ning; Grinthal, Alison; Aizenberg, Joanna
Meniscus Lithography: Evaporation-Induced Self-Organization of Pillar Arrays into Moiré Patterns Journal Article
In: Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, pp. 177802, 2011, (Selected as Physical Review Letters Editors’ Suggestion and Highlighted in Physics Today and Physics Synopsis. ).
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We demonstrate a self-organizing system that generates patterns by dynamic feedback: two periodic surfaces collectively structure an intervening liquid sandwiched between them, which then reconfigures the original surface features into moiré patterns as it evaporates. Like the conventional moiré phenomenon, the patterns are deterministic and tunable by mismatch angle, yet additional behaviors—chirality from achiral starting motifs and preservation of the patterns after the surfaces are separated—emerge uniquely from the feedback process. Patterning menisci based on this principle provides a simple, scalable approach for making a series of complex, long-range-ordered structures.
2.
Kang, Sung Hoon; Pokroy, Boaz; Mahadevan, L.; Aizenberg, Joanna
Control of Shape and Size of Nanopillar Assembly by Adhesion-Mediated Elastocapillary Interaction Journal Article
In: ACS Nano, vol. 4, pp. 6323–6331, 2010, (Featured on the cover and highlighted in the issue.).
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url = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn102260t},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-11-01},
journal = {ACS Nano},
volume = {4},
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abstract = {Control of self-organization of nanofibers into regular clusters upon evaporation-induced assembly is receiving increasing attention due to the potential importance of this process in a range of applications including particle trapping, adhesives, and structural color. Here we present a comprehensive study of this phenomenon using a periodic array of polymeric nanopillars with tunable parameters as a model system to study how geometry, mechanical properties, as well as surface properties influence capillary-induced self-organization. In particular, we show that varying the parameters of the building blocks of self-assembly provides us with a simple means of controlling the size, chirality, and anisotropy of complex structures. We observe that chiral assemblies can be generated within a narrow window for each parameter even in the absence of chiral building blocks or a chiral environment. Furthermore, introducing anisotropy in the building blocks provides a way to control both the chirality and the size of the assembly. While capillary-induced self-assembly has been studied and modeled as a quasi-static process involving the competition between only capillary and elastic forces, our results unequivocally show that both adhesion and kinetics are equally important in determining the final assembly. Our findings provide insight into how multiple parameters work together in capillary-induced self-assembly and provide us with a diverse set of options for fabricating a variety of nanostructures by self-assembly.},
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Control of self-organization of nanofibers into regular clusters upon evaporation-induced assembly is receiving increasing attention due to the potential importance of this process in a range of applications including particle trapping, adhesives, and structural color. Here we present a comprehensive study of this phenomenon using a periodic array of polymeric nanopillars with tunable parameters as a model system to study how geometry, mechanical properties, as well as surface properties influence capillary-induced self-organization. In particular, we show that varying the parameters of the building blocks of self-assembly provides us with a simple means of controlling the size, chirality, and anisotropy of complex structures. We observe that chiral assemblies can be generated within a narrow window for each parameter even in the absence of chiral building blocks or a chiral environment. Furthermore, introducing anisotropy in the building blocks provides a way to control both the chirality and the size of the assembly. While capillary-induced self-assembly has been studied and modeled as a quasi-static process involving the competition between only capillary and elastic forces, our results unequivocally show that both adhesion and kinetics are equally important in determining the final assembly. Our findings provide insight into how multiple parameters work together in capillary-induced self-assembly and provide us with a diverse set of options for fabricating a variety of nanostructures by self-assembly.
3.
Leblanc, Valerie; Chen, Jianglong; Kang, Sung Hoon; Bulovic, Vladimir; Schmidt, Martin A.
Micromachined Printheads for the Evaporative Patterning of Organic Materials and Metals Journal Article
In: Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, pp. 394 – 400 , 2007.
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abstract = {This paper describes the design, fabrication, and testing of electrostatically actuated microshutters used as active shadow masks to pattern evaporated materials. The fabricated microshutters can obstruct a 25-mum-wide aperture at an actuation voltage of 90 V, with a resonant frequency of 4 kHz due to a 400-mum-long actuator. The microshutters integrated with an x-y-z manipulator were used to print patterns of organic material and metal on glass substrates in vacuum with a pixel size of 25 mum. The maximum resolution achievable with this setup is 800 dpi, and we printed active organic light-emitting device arrays of 400 dpi resolution. This printing scheme could enable the patterning of large-area organic optoelectronic devices on diverse substrates.},
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This paper describes the design, fabrication, and testing of electrostatically actuated microshutters used as active shadow masks to pattern evaporated materials. The fabricated microshutters can obstruct a 25-mum-wide aperture at an actuation voltage of 90 V, with a resonant frequency of 4 kHz due to a 400-mum-long actuator. The microshutters integrated with an x-y-z manipulator were used to print patterns of organic material and metal on glass substrates in vacuum with a pixel size of 25 mum. The maximum resolution achievable with this setup is 800 dpi, and we printed active organic light-emitting device arrays of 400 dpi resolution. This printing scheme could enable the patterning of large-area organic optoelectronic devices on diverse substrates.
Note: Send e-mail to Prof. Kang at [email protected] if you need a pdf file of the papers below.
2011
Kang, Sung Hoon; Wu, Ning; Grinthal, Alison; Aizenberg, Joanna
Meniscus Lithography: Evaporation-Induced Self-Organization of Pillar Arrays into Moiré Patterns Journal Article
In: Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, pp. 177802, 2011, (Selected as Physical Review Letters Editors’ Suggestion and Highlighted in Physics Today and Physics Synopsis. ).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Evaporation, Moire, Nanopillar, Self-Organization
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title = {Meniscus Lithography: Evaporation-Induced Self-Organization of Pillar Arrays into Moiré Patterns},
author = {Sung Hoon Kang and Ning Wu and Alison Grinthal and Joanna Aizenberg},
url = {http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.177802},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-10-20},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
volume = {107},
pages = {177802},
abstract = {We demonstrate a self-organizing system that generates patterns by dynamic feedback: two periodic surfaces collectively structure an intervening liquid sandwiched between them, which then reconfigures the original surface features into moiré patterns as it evaporates. Like the conventional moiré phenomenon, the patterns are deterministic and tunable by mismatch angle, yet additional behaviors—chirality from achiral starting motifs and preservation of the patterns after the surfaces are separated—emerge uniquely from the feedback process. Patterning menisci based on this principle provides a simple, scalable approach for making a series of complex, long-range-ordered structures.},
note = {Selected as Physical Review Letters Editors’ Suggestion and Highlighted in Physics Today and Physics Synopsis. },
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pubstate = {published},
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We demonstrate a self-organizing system that generates patterns by dynamic feedback: two periodic surfaces collectively structure an intervening liquid sandwiched between them, which then reconfigures the original surface features into moiré patterns as it evaporates. Like the conventional moiré phenomenon, the patterns are deterministic and tunable by mismatch angle, yet additional behaviors—chirality from achiral starting motifs and preservation of the patterns after the surfaces are separated—emerge uniquely from the feedback process. Patterning menisci based on this principle provides a simple, scalable approach for making a series of complex, long-range-ordered structures.
2010
Kang, Sung Hoon; Pokroy, Boaz; Mahadevan, L.; Aizenberg, Joanna
Control of Shape and Size of Nanopillar Assembly by Adhesion-Mediated Elastocapillary Interaction Journal Article
In: ACS Nano, vol. 4, pp. 6323–6331, 2010, (Featured on the cover and highlighted in the issue.).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Adhesion, bio-inspired science and engineering, Elastocapillary, Evaporation, Nanopillar, Patterning, Self-Organization
@article{Kang2010,
title = {Control of Shape and Size of Nanopillar Assembly by Adhesion-Mediated Elastocapillary Interaction},
author = {Sung Hoon Kang and Boaz Pokroy and L. Mahadevan and Joanna Aizenberg},
url = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn102260t},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-11-01},
journal = {ACS Nano},
volume = {4},
pages = {6323–6331},
abstract = {Control of self-organization of nanofibers into regular clusters upon evaporation-induced assembly is receiving increasing attention due to the potential importance of this process in a range of applications including particle trapping, adhesives, and structural color. Here we present a comprehensive study of this phenomenon using a periodic array of polymeric nanopillars with tunable parameters as a model system to study how geometry, mechanical properties, as well as surface properties influence capillary-induced self-organization. In particular, we show that varying the parameters of the building blocks of self-assembly provides us with a simple means of controlling the size, chirality, and anisotropy of complex structures. We observe that chiral assemblies can be generated within a narrow window for each parameter even in the absence of chiral building blocks or a chiral environment. Furthermore, introducing anisotropy in the building blocks provides a way to control both the chirality and the size of the assembly. While capillary-induced self-assembly has been studied and modeled as a quasi-static process involving the competition between only capillary and elastic forces, our results unequivocally show that both adhesion and kinetics are equally important in determining the final assembly. Our findings provide insight into how multiple parameters work together in capillary-induced self-assembly and provide us with a diverse set of options for fabricating a variety of nanostructures by self-assembly.},
note = {Featured on the cover and highlighted in the issue.},
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Control of self-organization of nanofibers into regular clusters upon evaporation-induced assembly is receiving increasing attention due to the potential importance of this process in a range of applications including particle trapping, adhesives, and structural color. Here we present a comprehensive study of this phenomenon using a periodic array of polymeric nanopillars with tunable parameters as a model system to study how geometry, mechanical properties, as well as surface properties influence capillary-induced self-organization. In particular, we show that varying the parameters of the building blocks of self-assembly provides us with a simple means of controlling the size, chirality, and anisotropy of complex structures. We observe that chiral assemblies can be generated within a narrow window for each parameter even in the absence of chiral building blocks or a chiral environment. Furthermore, introducing anisotropy in the building blocks provides a way to control both the chirality and the size of the assembly. While capillary-induced self-assembly has been studied and modeled as a quasi-static process involving the competition between only capillary and elastic forces, our results unequivocally show that both adhesion and kinetics are equally important in determining the final assembly. Our findings provide insight into how multiple parameters work together in capillary-induced self-assembly and provide us with a diverse set of options for fabricating a variety of nanostructures by self-assembly.
2007
Leblanc, Valerie; Chen, Jianglong; Kang, Sung Hoon; Bulovic, Vladimir; Schmidt, Martin A.
Micromachined Printheads for the Evaporative Patterning of Organic Materials and Metals Journal Article
In: Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, pp. 394 – 400 , 2007.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Evaporation, Fabrication, Metal, Organic, Patterning, Printing
@article{Leblanc2007,
title = {Micromachined Printheads for the Evaporative Patterning of Organic Materials and Metals },
author = {Valerie Leblanc and Jianglong Chen and Sung Hoon Kang and Vladimir Bulovic and Martin A. Schmidt},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4147590&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F84%2F4147571%2F04147590.pdf%3Farnumber%3D4147590},
year = {2007},
date = {2007-04-10},
journal = {Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems},
volume = {16},
pages = {394 - 400 },
abstract = {This paper describes the design, fabrication, and testing of electrostatically actuated microshutters used as active shadow masks to pattern evaporated materials. The fabricated microshutters can obstruct a 25-mum-wide aperture at an actuation voltage of 90 V, with a resonant frequency of 4 kHz due to a 400-mum-long actuator. The microshutters integrated with an x-y-z manipulator were used to print patterns of organic material and metal on glass substrates in vacuum with a pixel size of 25 mum. The maximum resolution achievable with this setup is 800 dpi, and we printed active organic light-emitting device arrays of 400 dpi resolution. This printing scheme could enable the patterning of large-area organic optoelectronic devices on diverse substrates.},
keywords = {Evaporation, Fabrication, Metal, Organic, Patterning, Printing},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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This paper describes the design, fabrication, and testing of electrostatically actuated microshutters used as active shadow masks to pattern evaporated materials. The fabricated microshutters can obstruct a 25-mum-wide aperture at an actuation voltage of 90 V, with a resonant frequency of 4 kHz due to a 400-mum-long actuator. The microshutters integrated with an x-y-z manipulator were used to print patterns of organic material and metal on glass substrates in vacuum with a pixel size of 25 mum. The maximum resolution achievable with this setup is 800 dpi, and we printed active organic light-emitting device arrays of 400 dpi resolution. This printing scheme could enable the patterning of large-area organic optoelectronic devices on diverse substrates.