A 3D Self-Shaping Strategy for Nanoresolution Multicomponent Architectures

作者:Su, Meng; Huang, Zhandong; Li, Yifan; Qian, Xin; Li, Zheng; Hu, Xiaotian; Pan, Qi; Li, Fengyu*; Li, Lihong; Song, Yanlin*
来源:Advanced Materials, 2018, 30(3): 1703963.
DOI:10.1002/adma.201703963

摘要

3D printing or fabrication pursues the essential surface behavior manipulation of droplets or a liquid for rapidly and precisely constructing 3D multimaterial architectures. Further development of 3D fabrication desires a self-shaping strategy that can heterogeneously integrate functional materials with disparate electrical or optical properties. Here, a 3D liquid self-shaping strategy is reported for rapidly patterning materials over a series of compositions and accurately achieving micro-and nanoscale structures. The predesigned template selectively pins the droplet, and the surface energy minimization drives the self-shaping processing. The as-prepared 3D circuits assembled by silver nanoparticles carry a current of 208-448 mu A at 0.01 V impressed voltage, while the 3D architectures achieved by two different quantum dots show noninterfering optical properties with feature resolution below 3 mu m. This strategy can facilely fabricate micro-nanogeometric patterns without a modeling program, which will be of great significance for the development of 3D functional devices.