COLL 239 |
| James M. Helt, Department of Chemistry, CUNY-College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314, Charles Michael Drain, Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of CUNY, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, and James D. Batteas, Surface and Microanalysis Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive Mailstop 8372, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. |
| Here we report two new imprinting methodologies for the synthesis and transfer of materials to and from polymers (STOMP). These methods combine metal/polymer imprinting with chemical etching (C-STOMP) as well as thermally activated transfer methods (T-STOMP) with melt flowable polymers. These techniques utilize polymer or ceramic stamps whose relief structures guide the transfer of metal films onto surfaces. Both bench-top methods are capable of facile production of micro/nanoscale metal arrays on polymer and ceramic surfaces. Numerous structures, from simple nanowires to multilayered metallic gratings can be formed, with sizes ranging from microns to the nanoscale over large (mm2) areas. The structures formed on polymers can also be transferred to others surfaces allowing the construction of multilayered materials or for the application of electrical contacts. Fabrication of both simple and complex micro- to nanoscaled structures can be accomplished using even commercial CDs as stamps, eliminating expensive lithographic processes to form structures. |
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Posters: Fundamental Research in Surface and Colloid Chemistry
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, March 29, 2004 Disneyland -- North Exhibit Hall, Poster
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry |