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Mechanism-based design of precursors for focused electron beam-induced deposition

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Focused electron beam-induced deposition (FEBID) is capable of producing metal-containing nanostructures with lateral resolution on the sub-nanometer scale. Practical application of this nanofabrication technique has been hindered by ligand-derived contamination from precursors developed for thermal deposition methods. Mechanistic insight into FEBID through surface science studies and gas-phase electron-molecule interactions has begun to enable the design of custom FEBID precursors. These studies have shown that precursors designed to decompose under electron irradiation can produce high-purity FEBID deposits. Herein, we highlight the progress in FEBID precursor development with several examples that incorporate this mechanism-based design approach.

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D.H.F. and L.M.W. thank the National Science Foundation for support of this work through the linked collaborative grants CHE-1607621 and CHE-1607547. Support of preliminary studies was provided by the donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (PRF Grant # 54519-ND5) and by FEI.

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Carden, W.G., Lu, H., Spencer, J.A. et al. Mechanism-based design of precursors for focused electron beam-induced deposition. MRS Communications 8, 343–357 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.77

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