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Fabrication of arrays of channel waveguides by self‐assembly using patterned organic monolayers as templates
Author(s) -
Kim Enoch,
Whitesides George M.,
Lee Larry K.,
Smith Stephen P.,
Prentiss Mara
Publication year - 1996
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.19960080207
Subject(s) - materials science , fabrication , microcontact printing , template , monolayer , channel (broadcasting) , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , photonics , self assembly , computer science , telecommunications , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Complex arrays of channel waveguides can be easily fabricated by the new approach reported here, which is based on microcontact printing and self‐assembly of solid, three‐dimensional polymeric structures from liquid precursors. It shows that structures produced by the procedure described act as multi‐mode optical waveguides, and suggestions are made for improvements following on from this demonstration of principle. Waveguides are important in communications, photonic sensors, and optical devices.