Nano Express

Journal: Nano Express

Nano Ex.

IOP Publishing

2632-959X

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Lift-off free catalyst for metal assisted chemical etching of nanostructured silicon zone plates in vapour phase
Ohlin, Hanna; Benz, Bryan; Romano, Lucia; et al. (2025)
Nano Express
Metal-assisted chemical etching of silicon, especially in the vapour phase, is a highly promising technique for fabricating nanostructures with high aspect ratios. Here, a nanoscale pattern of x-ray zone plates written by electron beam lithography works as a mould for Pt electroplating on a Au seed layer to realise a nanostructured AuPt bilayer pattern on a silicon substrate. Our approach shows that the silicon etching induced by the electroplated catalyst occurs in a vapour of HF and oxygen, producing nanostructures with feature sizes as small as 10 nm, demonstrating that this catalyst synthesis method is suitable for vapour-based metal assisted chemical etching.

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