title: Reactive surface micropatterning by wet stamping.
abstract: Hydrogel stamps are used to reactively micropattern various types of substrates. The method, called reactive wet stamping (r-WETS), is general in nature and overcomes several limitations of conventional soft-lithographic techniques. Illustrative applications of r-WETS in surface wettability modification, deposition of metallic microstructures, preparation of supports for electrostatic self-assembly, and multistep reactive patterning are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Stoyan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Smoukov
authors.forename: Kyle J M
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Bartosz A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Grzybowski
mesh_terms: D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D020100:Hydrogels; D014867:Water