Polymer brush patterning using self-assembled microsphere monolayers as microcontact printing stamps
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Self-assembled microsphere monolayers (SMMs) hold significant promise for micro- and nanopatterning. Here we exploit, for the first time, SMMs as stamps for microcontact printing (μCP) and demonstrate this to fabricate patterned initiator templates that can subsequently be amplified into polymer brushes by surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). SMM stamps avoid the need for expensive and sophisticated instrumentation in pattern generation, and provide a broad range of accessible surface chemistries and pitch size control.
Source: Soft Matter
DOI: 10.1039/c1sm05474k
Authors: Tao Chen, Rainer Jordan, Stefan Zauscher
Institutions: Duke University, Technische Universität Dresden
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1993327572