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Material Matters Vol.3 No.1 TM Vol. 3, No. 1 3-D Nano and Micro Structures Inks for Direct-Write 3-D Assembly Colloidal Crystal Templating Small Structures Inspiring Electrospinning Big Technologies Quantum Dots: Nanoscale Synthesis and Micron-Scale Applications 2 Introduction TM Welcome to the first 2008 issue of Material Matters™, focusing on 3-dimensional (3D) micro- and nanostructures. New techniques to create materials ordered at micro- Vol. 3 No. 1 and nanoscale drive scientific and technological advances in many areas of science and engineering. For example, 3D-patterned metal oxides could enable construction of micro-fuel cells and high-capacity batteries smaller and more energy efficient compared to presently available devices. Ordered porous materials with exceedingly large surface areas are good candidates for highly efficient catalysts and sensors. Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. 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Potential PBG applications include omni-directional mirrors and low-loss-waveguides that will become building blocks All prices are subject to change without notice. of future all-optical integrated circuits. PBGs are made from dielectric or metallo-dielectric nanostructures, such as the titanium dioxide lattice shown on the cover of this issue. This lattice was made using a direct- write technique developed by Prof. Jennifer Lewis (see article on p. 4) and using titanium diisopropoxide Material Matters (ISSN 1933–9631) is a publication of bis(acetylacetonate) precursor (molecule on the right-side of the cover) purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. Aldrich is a member of the Sigma-Aldrich. Sigma-Aldrich Group. © 2008 Sigma-Aldrich Co. US $ 3 “Your Materials Matter.” Do you have a compound that you wish Sigma-Aldrich® could list to help materials research? 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Q. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 406. 686859-1G 1 g 150.00 (3) Wong-Foy A. G., Matzger A.J., Yaghi O. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 3494. Materials and Synthetic Tools for 3D-Structures Featured in This Issue Materials Category Content Page Micro-and Nanoscale Powders Ceramic and metal particulate materials for syntehsis of 3D micro- and 7 nanostructures. Polyelectrolytes Anionic and cationic polymers with various molecular weights and charged 8 functional groups. Sol-Gel Precursors Alkoxide, acetylacetonate and acetate precursors for structured metal oxides. 14 Oxalate Salts Metal oxalate salts for thermal synthesis of structured metal oxides, carbonates 16 and metals. Mesoporous Materials Silica and alumina mesoporous molecular sieves. 18 Structure Directing Amphiphiles Surfactants and block copolymers for templated synthesis of ordered structures. 18 Polymers for Electrospinning Synthetic, biodegradable and natural polymers suitable for electrospinning of 22 nanofibers. Quantum Dots New core-shell luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals. 27 For questions, product data, or new product suggestions, please contact Aldrich Materials Science at [email protected]. 4 Novel Inks for Direct-Write Assembly of 3-D Periodic Structures a single or multi-nozzle array. The filament diameter is determined by the nozzle diameter, ink rheology, and deposition speed. The component dimensions, minimum feature size, and build times are dictated in part by the lateral (x-y) and vertical (z) translation distances, resolution, and speed. We have recently implemented two 3-axis, motion-controlled stages in our laboratory, as shown in Figure 1. They range from the highest precision stage, which is mounted on an inverted fluorescence microscope Prof. Jennifer A. Lewis and has maximum x-y-z travel distances of 300 µm with nanometer resolution and travel speeds of ~ 1 mm/sec, to a Materials Science and Engineering Department larger area stage, in which the maximum x-y travel distances Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory exceed several centimeters with a resolution of a tens of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign nanometers and travel speeds of up to 30 mm/s. These vastly different capabilities allow us to pursue applications Novel Inks for Introduction that range from photonic crystals to self-healing composites. New methods for materials fabrication at the micro- and nanoscale will drive scientific and technological advances in areas of materials science, chemistry, physics, and biology. Direct-Write Assembly Direct-Write The broad diversity of potentially relevant materials, length scales, and architectures underscores the need for flexible of 3-D Periodic Structures patterning approaches. One important example is the fabrication of 3D periodic structures composed of colloidal,1 polymeric,2–4 or semiconductor5 materials. These structures may find potential application as sensors,6 microfluidic networks,7 self-healing materials,8 photonic band gap materials,9 and tissue engineering scaffolds.10 Several strategies have recently emerged for precisely assembling 3D periodic arrays,1–5 including colloidal epitaxy,1 litho-5 and holographic,3 and direct-write techniques.2–4
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