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Reactive Vapor Deposition of Conjugated Polymer Films on Arbitrary Substrates
Published on: January 17, 2018
Conformal Coating of Freestanding Particles by Vapor-Phase Infiltration
Andreas C Liapis1, Ashwanth Subramanian2, Sangyeon Cho3
1Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Abstract:
A novel atomic layer method for encapsulating individual micro- and nano-particles with thin (sub-10-nm) dielectric films is presented. This method leverages the diffusion of vapor-phase precursors through an underlying inert polymer film to achieve growth of a metal oxide film on all sides of the particle simultaneously; even on the side that is in contact with the substrate. Crucially, the deposition is performed on stationary particles and does not require an agitation mechanism or a special reaction chamber. Here, conformal coatings of alumina are shown to improve stability in aqueous environments for two optically-relevant particles: compound semiconductor laser microparticles and lead halide perovskite nanocrystals.
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