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Annual Review of Materials Science
Vol. 28: 153-184 (Volume publication date August 1998)
(doi:10.1146/annurev.matsci.28.1.153)
SOFT LITHOGRAPHY

Younan Xia and George M. Whitesides
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; e-mail:

Abstract Soft lithography represents a non-photolithographic strategy based on selfassembly and replica molding for carrying out micro- and nanofabrication. It provides a convenient, effective, and low-cost method for the formation and manufacturing of micro- and nanostructures. In soft lithography, an elastomeric stamp with patterned relief structures on its surface is used to generate patterns and structures with feature sizes ranging from 30 nm to 100 μm. Five techniques have been demonstrated: microcontact printing (μCP), replica molding (REM), microtransfer molding (μTM), micromolding in capillaries (MIMIC), and solvent-assisted micromolding (SAMIM). In this chapter we discuss the procedures for these techniques and their applications in micro- and nanofabrication, surface chemistry, materials science, optics, MEMS, and microelectronics.

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Authors:
Younan Xia and
George M. Whitesides
Keywords:
patterning
microfabrication
nanofabrication
elastomers
self-assembled monolayers

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