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Summary: In this study, microstructured surfaces are produced by a spatial arrangement of different functional domains by a combination of plasma polymerization and photolithography. Two different kinds of protein and cell adhesive patterns have been alternated with non‐fouling areas. Non‐fouling patterns are made of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)‐like polymers obtained by pulsed plasma polymerization of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, which leads to coatings with a high concentration of ethylene oxide groups (>70%). Fouling surfaces are composed of PEO coatings with a low concentration of ethylene oxide groups (≈40%) and films containing amino groups (from allylamine monomer) obtained by plasma polymerization. High pattern fidelity is demonstrated by ellispometry measurements, whereas XPS and ToF‐SIMS analyses have been used to characterize the surfaces. Experiments with a model protein (bovine serum albumin) and cells (L929 mouse fibroblasts) on patterned surfaces show that proteins and cells only adhere on the patterns, whereas the background stays uncovered.

In this paper a method for fabricating nanostructured polymeric surfaces with contrasted chemical functionality is presented. First, a polymer film of acrylic acid (PAA) is deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. It is covered by a monolayer of particles in the 500 nm range. Then oxygen plasma etching is performed, providing etching of both nanoparticles and acrylic acid film present between the masks. The etching process is stopped before the complete etching of the nanoparticles and the residual ones are removed by ultrasonic bath. Chemical contrast is thus created between nanodomes having plateau-like surface with as-deposited carboxylic functionality and substrate surface. Protein attachment experiments show that proteins are selectively bound to the functional plateau of the PAA domes.

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