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Fabricating Reactive Surfaces with Brush-like and Crosslinked Films of Azlactone-Functionalized Block Co-Polymers
Published on: June 30, 2018
(Sub-)microscale structuring of cellulose thin films using a polymer brush-assisted microcontact printing
Nazim Pallab1,2, Maurice Schmette1,2, Sergio Kogikoski1
1Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. martin.reifarth@uni-potsdam.de.
Abstract:
We present a method for directly (sub-)micropatterning cellulose thin films using microcontact printing with a polymer-brush stamp that carries reactive imidazole groups. These groups temporarily bind carboxylic-acid inks, enabling clean ester-forming transfer to cellulose without smearing, allowing high-resolution micro- or nanometre-scale chemical patterning for functional paper fabrication in a simple and efficient fabrication process.
