Microcontact printing polymerization

Wang, Z., Xia, J., Yan, Y, Tsai, A.-C., Li, Y, Ma, T., Guan, J., 2015. Facile functionalization and assembly of live cells with microcontact-printed polymeric biomaterials. Acta Bioma-terialia 11 (0), 80-87. 

Shah RR, Merreceyes D, Husemann M, Rees I, Abbott NL, Hawker CJ, et al. Using atom transfer radical polymerization to amplify monolayers of initiators patterned by microcontact printing into polymer brushes for pattern transfer. Macromolecules 2000 33(2) 597—605. 

In a similar way, gold pattern layers have been put on PI substrates by microcontact printing [111]. In microcontact printing, a polymeric stamp that is wetted with a potassium hydroxide solution is pressed onto the PI substrate. The alkaline-treated regions of the substrate become hydrophilic and are prone to hold a palla-dium(II) solution. In the same way as described above, the adhered palladium ions are reduced by NaBH4 and further electroplated. 

Jeon NL, Choi IS, Whitesides GM, Kim NY et al. (1999) Patterned polymer growth on silicon surfaces using microcontact printing and surface-initiated polymerization. Appl Phys Lett... 

Farhan et al. [25] reported surface-initiated polymerizations from polymeric surfaces of commercially important polyester films, poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), and poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN). Patterned self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of the trichlorosilane initiator were first immobilized on the surface through a soft lithographic method of microcontact printing (ICP). Grafting from the surface was initiated via controlled ATRP, under aqueous conditions, to create patterned brushes of the ther-moresponsive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm), as shown in Figure 1.8. 

Husemann, M., Mecerreyes, D., Hawker, C.J., Hedrick, J.L., Shah, R., and Abbott, N.L. 1999. Surface-initiated polymerization for amplification of self-assembled monolayers patterned by microcontact printing. 

Tu, H., Heitzman, C.E., and Braim, RV. 2004. Patterned poly(N-isopropylacryl-amide) brushes on sUica siufaces by microcontact printing followed by surface-initiated polymerization, i trmh 20 8313-8320. 

Acrylamide) Brushes on Silica Surfaces by Microcontact Printing Followed by Surface-Initiated Polymerization, 20 8313-8320. 

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