Abstract
The condensation of a liquid meniscus between a curved tip and a completely wetting substrate was studied in the context of dip-pen nanolithography (DPN). Using the Monte Carlo simulations of a two-dimensional lattice gas model the onset and the broadening of menisci by tips with a range of curvatures was studied. The tip-liquid interaction was characterized in terms of the wettability of the tip, and both wetting and drying tips were considered to mimic the various ink molecule-water interactions possible in DPN.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3875-3886 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume | 116 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry