Nanosphere Lithography
Introduction

Self-assembled nanospheres

Nano honeycomb
Nanosphere lithography (NSL) is an effective method to grow large-area and periodic nanostructure, which uses self-assembled polystyrene nanospheres as templates. Combining related techniques, various ordered arrays of nanoparticles, nanotubes and template structures can be prepared.
Technology
- Nanosphere lithography
- Solution-based nanosphere lithography
- Selective growth of nanotubes
- Selective assembly of nanospheres
Specification
- Size: 200, 400, 800, 1000 and 2000 nm
- Materials:
Nanoparticle: Pt, Au, Ni, FePt, ~ 100 nm
Nano honeycomb: Fe2O3, NiO, ZnO, Height: < 20 nm
Nano reactor: Au, Pt, ~ 100 nm
Application
- Optical devices: photonic crystals device, biosensor and nonlinear optical device
- Nanodevices: nano-reactor and field emission device
![]() Carbon nanotubes |
![]() FePt nanospheres |
![]() Nano-reactor |


