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Stamping oriented molecular monolayers using liquid crystal inks
Robert Thompson1, Cory Lund, Steven A Hickman
1Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.
Abstract:
Thermotropic liquid crystal (LC)-based inks are combined with patterned anchoring stamps to deposit organic monolayer films with simultaneous control over positional and molecular orientational order in a single step.

