Center for Functional Nanomaterials collaborators (left to right) Atikur Rahman, Kevin Yager, and Pawel Majewski examining the precise, custom-designed nanoscale grids scene on the monitors.
Scanning electron microscope image of a self-assembled platinum lattice, false-colored to show the two-layer structure. Each inner square of the nanoscale grid is just 34 nanometers on each side.
Illustration of the experiment showing the sweeping laser inducing intense heat that both accelerates polymer self-assembly and precisely aligns the nano-cylinders that form the foundation of the final grid.