title: Patterning of J-aggregated dyes using directed self-assembly on micro- and nanopatterned templates fabricated from phase-separated mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films.
abstract: We report a useful technique for the deposition of dyes in the form of J-aggregates using directed self-assembly on the micro- and nanopatterned templates fabricated from the phase-separated mixed Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films. The patterns of the mixed LB films can be tuned by adjusting the intermolecular interactions between the film-forming molecules. We used the mixed LB films containing silane coupling agent for the fabrication of micro- and nanopatterned templates, taking advantage of the difference between the surface free energy of the patterned regions and that of the self-assembled monolayers of the silane coupling agent. Atomic force microscopy showed that dyes were deposited by casting, spin-coating and the LB technique in accordance with the patterns of the original mixed LB films. Emission spectroscopy revealed that J-aggregates were formed in the patterned films. We succeeded in obtaining nanopatterns of a cyanine dye in the form of J-aggregates on the templates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki 2641, Noda 278-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hirobumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azumi
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Mutsuyoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto