title: A substrate-independent lift-off approach for patterning functional surfaces.
abstract: A lift-off method for creating multifunctional patterned surfaces has been devised. It entails consecutive pulsed plasmachemical deposition of a reactive bottom layer and a protective top release layer. By way of example, a bottom/top layer combination comprising pulsed plasma deposited poly(glycidyl methacrylate)/poly(pentafluorostyrene) has been shown to display selective adhesive lift-off of the latter. Application of a prepatterned adhesive template yields well-defined arrays of reactive epoxide functionality surrounded by a passive fluoropolymer background or vice versa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, England, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: W C E
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.forename: J P S
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Badyal