Surface nanostructuring can be effected by coupling pulsed laser energy with materials either in an apertureless form by irradiating a sharp scanning probe tip or by passing the beam through a tapered optical fiber. Nanopatterning examples are presented. Furthermore, deposition at the nanoscale level is accomplished by pyrolytic gas decomposition.
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