Abstract
As the continuous advance in the process of device miniaturisation reaches down to the nanometre range, fabrication techniques based on self-organisation, i.e., the spontaneous formation of ordered patterns on surfaces, are becoming increasingly attractive as potential, highly efficient alternatives to lithographic methods. In this article we review some of the methodologies that have been developed recently to produce ordered arrays of nanomagnets using self-organised surface templates, and we list the patents that have been filed recently to protect those fabrication procedures. We describe the underlying phenomena giving rise to the appearance of the ordered structures, and discuss their characteristics and the controllable parameters.
Keywords: Magnetic anisotropy, nanomagnetism, self-assembly, self-organisation, superparamagnetism, Patents, Nanodot, nanomagnets, Giant Magneto-Resistance, quantum magnetic dots, nanoparticles, netic random-access memories (M-RAMs), Nanolitho-graphy methods using beams of electrons, “top-down” methods, exchange bias effect, porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO), nanosphere lithography, thermal evaporation, sputter deposition, elf-organised heteroepitaxial semiconductor nanostructures, photoemission electron mi-croscopy (PEEM), magnetic circular dichroism, magnetic force microscopy (MFM), x-ray absorption ?ne spectra (EXAFS), nanoimprint technique
Recent Patents on Nanotechnology
Title: Recent Patents on Self-Organised Magnetic Nanodot Arrays
Volume: 5 Issue: 1
Author(s): J. J. de Miguel, T. Bobek and C. Teichert
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Keywords: Magnetic anisotropy, nanomagnetism, self-assembly, self-organisation, superparamagnetism, Patents, Nanodot, nanomagnets, Giant Magneto-Resistance, quantum magnetic dots, nanoparticles, netic random-access memories (M-RAMs), Nanolitho-graphy methods using beams of electrons, “top-down” methods, exchange bias effect, porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO), nanosphere lithography, thermal evaporation, sputter deposition, elf-organised heteroepitaxial semiconductor nanostructures, photoemission electron mi-croscopy (PEEM), magnetic circular dichroism, magnetic force microscopy (MFM), x-ray absorption ?ne spectra (EXAFS), nanoimprint technique
Abstract: As the continuous advance in the process of device miniaturisation reaches down to the nanometre range, fabrication techniques based on self-organisation, i.e., the spontaneous formation of ordered patterns on surfaces, are becoming increasingly attractive as potential, highly efficient alternatives to lithographic methods. In this article we review some of the methodologies that have been developed recently to produce ordered arrays of nanomagnets using self-organised surface templates, and we list the patents that have been filed recently to protect those fabrication procedures. We describe the underlying phenomena giving rise to the appearance of the ordered structures, and discuss their characteristics and the controllable parameters.
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J. de Miguel J., Bobek T. and Teichert C., Recent Patents on Self-Organised Magnetic Nanodot Arrays, Recent Patents on Nanotechnology 2011; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187221011794474958
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187221011794474958 |
Print ISSN 1872-2105 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-4020 |

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