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Planar and Three-Dimensional Printing of Conductive Inks
Published on: December 9, 2011
Characteristics of microcontact printing with polyelectrolyte ink for the precise preparation of patches on silica
Marc Zimmermann1,2, Dmitry Grigoriev1, Nikolay Puretskiy1
1Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Geiselbergstraße 69, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Abstract:
This publication demonstrates the abilities of a precise and straightforward microcontact printing approach for the preparation of patchy silica particles. In a broad particle size range, it is possible to finely tune the number and parameters of three-dimensional patches like diameter and thickness using only polyethyleneimine ink, poly(dimethoxysilane) as stamp material and a suitable release solvent.
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