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

Anticounterfeiting Micro-Patterns:

"Covalently Modulated and Transiently Visible Writing: Rational Association of Two Extremes of Water Wettabilities" 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

Student Exchange Experience:

"Facilitating an International Research Experience Focused on Applied Nanotechnology and Surface Chemistry for American Undergraduate Students Collaborating with Mentors at a German Educational and Research Institution" by Wilson et al. in J. Chem. Educ. 96 (2019) 2441-2449

Protein Sensing by Aptamers:

"Aptamer Conformation Cooperated Enzyme-assisted SERS (ACCESS) Enabling Ultrasensitive Detection of Cell Surface Protein Biomarkers in Blood Samples" by Li et al. in ACS Sens. 4 (2019) 2605

Review on Dip-Pen Nanolithography:

"Development of Dip‐Pen Nanolithography (DPN) and Its Derivatives" by Liu et al. in Small 15 (2019) 1900564

New Post-Doc:

Welcome to our new Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Eider Berganza Eguiarte. She will work on protein insertion in supported lipid bilayers.