Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) and Related Techniques

The Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) Group at the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) focuses on the advancement and application of dip-pen nanolithography and related techniques like polymer pen lithography (PPL) for the site-specific chemical and bio-chemical modification of surfaces and devices.

NEWS

Slippery Surfaces:

"How Does Chemistry Influence Liquid Wettability on Liquid Infused Porous Surface?" by Maji et al. in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12 (2020) 14531-14541

New Book Chapter:

"Printing Technologies for Integration of Electronic Devices and Sensors" by Baby et al. in Functional Nanostructures and Sensors for CBRN Defence and Environmental Safety and Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. A. Sidorenko, H. Hahn (eds.) Springer Nature B.V. (2020) 1-34

Microstructured Surfaces:

"Synergies between Surface Microstructuring and Molecular Nanopatterning for Controlling Cell Populations on Polymeric Biointerfaces" by Díaz Lantada et al. in Polymers 12 (2020) 655

Microfluidic Chips:

"Evaluation of Microfluidic Ceiling Designs for the Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells on a Microarray Platform" by Liu et al. in Adv. Biosys. 4 (2020) 1900162

Anticounterfeiting Micro-Patterns:

"Covalently Modulated and Transiently Visible Writing: Rational Association of Two Extremes of Water Wettabilities" by Das et al. in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12 (2020) 2935-2943

Click Chemistry for µCS:

"Evaluation of click chemistry microarrays for immunosensing of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)" by Dadfar et al. in Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 10 (2019) 2505–2515