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ReviewMicromachines2022

Scanning Probe Lithography: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives.

Pengfei Fan, Jian Gao, Hui Mao, Yanquan Geng, Yongda Yan, Yuzhang Wang, Saurav Goel, Xichun Luo

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Review in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Pengfei FanCentre for Precision Manufacturing, Department of DMEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK.
Jian GaoCentre for Precision Manufacturing, Department of DMEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK.
Hui MaoKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Yanquan GengCenter for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3499-0551
Yongda YanCenter for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Yuzhang WangCenter for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Saurav GoelSchool of Engineering, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK.
Xichun LuoCentre for Precision Manufacturing, Department of DMEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK.

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/K018345/1, EP/T024844/1 and EP/V055208/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-throughput and high-accuracy nanofabrication methods are required for the ever-increasing demand for nanoelectronics, high-density data storage devices, nanophotonics, quantum computing, molecular circuitry, and scaffolds in bioengineering used for cell proliferation applications. The scanning probe lithography (SPL) nanofabrication technique is a critical nanofabrication method with great potential to evolve into a disruptive atomic-scale fabrication technology to meet these demands. Through this timely review, we aspire to provide an overview of the SPL fabrication mechanism and the state-the-art research in this area, and detail the applications and characteristics of this technique, including the effects of thermal aspects and chemical aspects, and the influence of electric and magnetic fields in governing the mechanics of the functionalized tip interacting with the substrate during SPL. Alongside this, the review also sheds light on comparing various fabrication capabilities, throughput, and attainable resolution. Finally, the paper alludes to the fact that a majority of the reported literature suggests that SPL has yet to achieve its full commercial potential and is currently largely a laboratory-based nanofabrication technique used for prototyping of nanostructures and nanodevices.

Indexed as

nanofabricationnanostructuresscanning probe lithography (SPL)scanning probe microscopy (SPM)

Identifiers

PMID35208352
PMCPMC8878409

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