{"id":72051,"key":"Fabricating_Ordered_2-D_Nano-Structured_Arrays_Using_Nanosphere_Lithography","title":"Fabricating Ordered 2-D Nano-Structured Arrays Using Nanosphere Lithography","latest":{"id":1273905,"timestamp":"2026-09-16T15:20:42Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Solar footer}}\n\n[[File:Nanolith.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{Publication data\n| type = Paper\n| cite-as = Chenlong Zhang, Sandra Cvetanovic, Joshua M. Pearce. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2017.07.001 Fabricating Ordered 2-D Nano-Structured Arrays Using Nanosphere Lithography]. ''MethodsX'' 4, 2017, pp. 229-242. DOI:10.1016/j.mex. [https://www.academia.edu/34554395/Fabricating_ordered_2-D_nano-structured_arrays_using_nanosphere_lithography open access]\n}}\n\n{{Project data\n| authors = Chenlong Zhang, Sandra Cvetanovic, J.M.Pearce\n| status = Designed, Modelled, Prototyped, Verified\n| verified-by = MOST\n| links = https://www.academia.edu/34554395/Fabricating_ordered_2_D_nano_structured_arrays_using_nanosphere_lithography|, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016117300213?via%3Dihub|\n| location = Michigan, USA\n}}\n\n{{Device data\n| design-files = https://www.youmagine.com/designs/dip-holder-for-nanosphere-lithography YouMagine.com\n}}\n\n{{MOST}}\n\nRecent advances in the use of plasmonic metamaterials to improve absorption of light in thin-film solar photovoltaic devices has created a demand for a scalable method of patterning large areas with metal nanostructures deposited in an ordered array. This article describes two methods of fabricating ordered 2D nanosphere colloidal films: spin coating and interface coating. The two methods are compared and parameter optimization discussed. The study reveals that:\n\n* For smaller nanosphere sizes, spin coating is more favorable, while for larger nanospheres, the angled interface coating provides more coverage and uniformity.\n* A surfactant-free approach for interface coating is developed to fabricate zero-contamination colloidal films.\n* Each of the methods reaches an overall coverage of more than 90% and can be used for nanosphere lithography to form plasmonic metamaterials.\n* 3D printed parametric dipper https://www.youmagine.com/designs/dip-holder-for-nanosphere-lithography\n\n{{Pearce publications notice}}\n\n== Methods ==\n\nDetailed methods in the paper - also supported by:\n\n* [[Perkin-Elmer RF Sputtering System-6 Inch protocol: MOST]]\n* [[Chenlong Nanobeads Project]]\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Plasmonic enhancement of amorphous silicon solar photovoltaic cells with hexagonal silver arrays made with nanosphere lithography]]\n* [[A new method of preparing highly conductive ultra-thin indium tin oxide for plasmonic-enhanced thin film solar photovoltaic devices]]\n* [[Limitations of ultra-thin transparent conducting oxides for integration into plasmonic-enhanced thin-film solar photovoltaic devices]]\n* [[Influence of Oxygen Concentration on the Performance of Ultra-Thin RF Magnetron Sputter Deposited Indium Tin Oxide Films as a Top Electrode for Photovoltaic Devices]]\n* [[Advances in plasmonic light trapping in thin-film solar photovoltaic devices]]\n* [[Controlling optical absorption in metamaterial absorbers for plasmonic solar cells]]\n* [[Plasmonic Perfect Meta-Absobers for a-Si PV Devices]]\n* [[Multi-resonant silver nano-disk patterned thin film hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells for Staebler-Wronski effect compensation]]\n* [[Enhancement of hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells with front-surface hexagonal plasmonic arrays from nanoscale lithography]]\n* [[Optimal Design of Thin-film Plasmonic Solar Cells using Differential Evolution Optimization Algorithms]]\n* [[Scalable honeycomb top contact to increase the light absorption and reduce the series resistance of thin film solar cells]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| title-tag = Fabricating Ordered 2-D Nano-Structured Arrays\n| keywords = microsphere lithography, nanosphere lithography, dip coating, spin coating, nanosphere, plasmonic, metamaterial, synthesis, Materials processing, Photovoltaics\n| sdg = SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| organizations = MOST, MTU\n| description = Nano-structured coatings advance science. Appropedia explains fabrication methods improving performance in 2D material arrays.\n}}\n\n[[Category:MOST completed projects and publications]]\n[[Category:Materials]]\n[[Category:Materials processing]]\n[[Category:Photovoltaics]]"}