Surface patterning: self-organization at the molecular level

The fabrication of micro- and nanostructures on dielec. or semiconductor surfaces is a key technol. in microelectronics and related fields such as bionanotechnol. and mol. electronics. Interest in the underlying chem. and physics has been steadily growing. This entry begins with a review of the basic principles for nanoscale structure fabrication before moving to a more detailed discussion of ordered mono- and multimol. structures. The aim of this entry is to shed some light on simple and reliable strategies for surface and interface design by using self-​organization approach.