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Reduction in the size of features of patterned SAMs generated by microcontact printing with mechanical compression of the stamp
Author(s) -
Xia Younan,
Whitesides George M.
Publication year - 1995
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/adma.19950070513
Subject(s) - microcontact printing , materials science , elastomer , impression , monolayer , compression (physics) , nanotechnology , pdms stamp , engineering drawing , composite material , computer science , fabrication , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , world wide web , engineering
Sub‐micron size features can now be produced using the microcontact printing technique. The elastomeric stamp used to produce the features in self‐assembled monolayers (see figure) is mechanically compressed both one‐ and two‐dimensionally, resulting in a reduction of the size of the features by up to a factor of almost ten (e.g. 2.5 μm) while retaining the spatial regularities in the pattern.