Abstract: 

The manipulation of matter on the nanoscale can enable useful technologies with interesting underlying physics. Nano-patterned graphene facilitates standing-wave plasmonic behavior that can be used for surface-sensitive chemical detection. Owing to its versatility, this two-dimensional material can also be utilized in area-selective atomic layer deposition (AS-ALD) processes to make robust resistive memory cells. In turn, more technologically scalable routes of AS-ALD can be employed to make self-limiting electronic tunneling junctions. These diverse, but related, topics will be presented, and will hopefully be instructive to those interested in plasmonics, electronics, and materials science.