A method for patterning purple membrane using self-assembled monolayers.
A method for patterning purple membrane on a substrate is described. This method involves the use of patterned self-assembled monolayers. The quantity of purple membrane adsorbed to glass terminated by various self-assembled monolayers was measured using angle resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was determined that purple membrane adsorbs to unmodified glass and amine-terminated glass surfaces. Hydrocarbon- and fluorocarbon-terminated glass inhibit the adsorption of purple membrane. To demonstrate a potential patterning methodology, an amine-terminated self-assembled monolayer (SAM) was photochemically substituted for a hydrocarbon-terminated SAM using UV radiation. Future work will involve the use of UV radiation in conjunction with a lithographic mask so that specific PM adsorption sites can be defined on a substrate.
D000327:Adsorption; D005898:Glass; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010777:Photochemistry; D018717:Purple Membrane / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
D008567:Membranes, Artificial