Method and device for surfactant activated Dip-Pen Nanolithography

A system for forming one or more molecular patterns using one or more molecule species overlying a substrate structure, the method comprising:

• a stage assembly operable to maintain a substrate member comprising a surface region, the substrate member being characterized by a first characteristic;
• a sample reservoir operably coupled to the stage assembly, the sample reservoir comprising a plurality of molecules having a second characteristic and a plurality of surfactant species mixed within the plurality of molecules in a fluid medium;
• a probe tip operably coupled to the stage, the probe tip being adapted to transfer one or more of the plurality of molecules including one or more of the surfactant species through the fluid medium from the fluid medium in the sample reservoir, the probe tip being adapted to apply the probe tip within a vicinity of a first spatial region of the surface region of the substrate member and adapted to transferring one of more of the plurality of molecules through a portion of the fluid medium comprising one or more surfactant species overlying the spatial region via the probe tip provided within the vicinity of the spatial region of the surface region, the one or more surfactant species causing one or more of the plurality of molecules characterized by the second characteristic to be deposited overlying the first spatial region, the first characteristic being different from the second characteristic.

A method for forming one or more molecular patterns, using one or more surfactant entities, overlying a substrate structure, the method comprising:

• applying a probe tip within a vicinity of a first spatial region of a surface region of a substrate member;
• maintaining a volume of fluid including a plurality of molecules and a plurality of surfactant species coupled to the probe tip;
• and
• causing a transfer of one of more of the plurality of molecules, using one or more surfactant species, overlying the spatial region via the probe tip provided within the vicinity of the spatial region of the surface region.