Nanowerk  December 2, 2024 Conventional multi-scale array fabrication techniques are facing challenges in reconciling the contradiction between better device performance and lowering the fabrication cost and/or energy consumption. A team of researchers in the US (North Carolina State University, Iowa State University) used facile mixed-metal array fabrication method based on guided self-assembly of polymerizing organometallic adducts derived from the passivating oxides of a ternary liquid metal, to create mixed metal wires. They fabricated large-area, high-quality organometallic nano- to micro-wire arrays without compromising wire continuity or array periodicity. Using capillary bridges on a preceding layer, they made hierarchical arrays with complex […]