Journal
SMALL
Volume 14, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201800792
Keywords
lateral heterostructures; microdots; microliquid patterning; microwires
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Funding
- 973 Program [2013CB933004]
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [51773206, 51473172, 51473173, 21671193]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFB0401603, 2016YFC1100502, 2016YFB0401100]
- FFG - CAS [121111KYSB20150022]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA09020000]
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The precise integration of microscale dots and lines with controllable interfacing connections is highly important for the fabrication of functional devices. To date, the solution-processible methods are used to fabricate the heterogeneous micropatterns for different materials. However, for increasingly miniaturized and multifunctional devices, it is extremely challenging to engineer the uncertain kinetics of a solution on the microstructures surfaces, resulting in uncontrollable interface connections and poor device performance. Here, a sequential template-directed printing process is demonstrated for the fabrication of arrayed microdots connected by microwires through the regulation of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of material solution or suspension. Flexibility in the control of fluidic behaviors can realize precise interface connection between the micropatterns, including the microwires traversing, overlapping or connecting the microdots. Moreover, various morphologies such as circular, rhombic, or star-shaped microdots as well as straight, broken or curved microwires can be achieved. The lateral heterostructure printed with two different quantum dots displays bright dichromatic photoluminescence. The ammonia gas sensor printed by polyaniline and silver nanoparticles exhibits a rapid response time. This strategy can construct heterostructures in a facile manner by eliminating the uncertainty of the multimaterials interface connection, which will be promising for the development of novel lateral functional devices.
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