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Engineering the Microfabrication of Layer‐by‐Layer Thin Films
Author(s) -
Clark Sarah L.,
Hammond Paula T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199812)10:18<1515::aid-adma1515>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - layer (electronics) , materials science , layer by layer , microfabrication , nanotechnology , thin film , micrometer , process (computing) , thin layer , optoelectronics , fabrication , optics , computer science , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , operating system
Layer‐by‐layer assembly is a simple, yet elegant method for creating a variety of thin‐film architectures on surfaces. Many proposed applications for layer‐by‐layer thin films, such as electro‐optical devices or sensors, require the films to be patterned to form micrometer‐scale features, and mechanization of this process is a prerequisite. Here the use of a modified commercial slide stainer for the layer‐by‐layer adsorption process is discussed. Reproducible, uniform patterns over square‐centimeter‐range surface areas are achieved and the number of layers that may be selectively adsorbed is extended using this approach.