Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 190-195Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2017-0321
Keywords
click chemistry; microcontact printing; surface chemistry
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
- University of Calgary
- Eyes High postdoctoral scholarship (ARB)
- Eyes High postdoctoral scholarship (VOK)
- URGC grant
- Canadian foundation for Innovation (CFI)
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We report a novel process to selectively pattern nanomaterials, specifically gold nanoparticles, onto a silicon surface through click chemistry, to consistently and efficiently join together small units through a quick and simple reaction. We employed the UV-initiated thiol-ene reaction, which is used in tandem with microcontact printing. Dithiol-capped nanoparticles were used as a printing ink and were grafted onto ene-terminated Si(100) wafers by pressing a nanoparticle-impregnated poly(dimethylsiloxane) stamp, while irradiating with ultraviolet light to activate a radical initiator. The resulting structures were characterized using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy.
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