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The ability to print pre-assembled optical and electronic structures with high resolution would greatly reduce the cost of a number of technologies. A printing method that uses a nanoparticle ink moves closer towards this goal.

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Figure 1: A soft-lithography printing process for making metal structures with high resolution.

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  1. J. Alexander Liddle is at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA. liddle@nist.gov,

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