Microcontact printing of pigment/polymer composite microdots and electrodeposition of Ni walls to fabricate hard and glossy-colored films

Submicrometer-Sized, 3D Surface-Attached Polymer Networks by Microcontact Printing: Using UV-Cross-Linking Efficiency To Tune Structure Height

“…[1][2][3][4][5] Polymers have been used as inks for µCP because they often strongly adhere to the contact area, and because their diffusivity and thus their tendency to migrate into a non-contact area is low. 3 During the past years, impressive progress of 2D patterning with synthetic polymers [6][7][8][9] and biological polymers (particularly proteins [10][11][12][13] and DNA [14][15][16] ) has been reported. However, 3D structuring using µCP remains a major challenge.…”

“…Using this method, structured surfaces with topographic as well as chemical contrast can be obtained, depending on the inks selected for stamping. − Polymers have been used as inks for μCP because they often strongly adhere to the contact area and because their diffusivity and thus their tendency to migrate into a noncontact area are low . During the past years, impressive progress of 2D patterning with synthetic polymers − and biological polymers (particularly proteins − and DNA − ) has been reported. However, 3D structuring using μCP remains a major challenge.…”