Gold nanocones fabricated by nanotransfer printing and their application for field emission

Abstract

Arrays of gold nanocones have been fabricated by the nanotransfer printing (nTP) method and we have utilized these nanocones for field emission. By the nature of the printing, any shape of metal structure can be fabricated only at desired locations and a step-and-repeat process, which enables large-area fabrication, is possible. We demonstrate step-and-repeat printing with gold nanocone patterns occupying an area of 9 mm × 8 mm.