title: Patterning of solution-processable materials on templates fabricated from mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films.
abstract: We report a useful lithographic technique for the fabrication of organic or metal films on wettability-patterned surfaces fabricated solely through self-assembly. The phase-separated structures in mixed Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films can be tuned by adjusting intermolecular interactions in film-forming molecules such as fatty acids, hybrid carboxylic acids, and silane-coupling agents. Templates are fabricated from phase-separated mixed LB films and organic phosphor and metal films can be formed on the templates using casting, dip-coating, and solvent evaporation techniques. This methodology enables low-cost and low-energy fabrication of patterned films comprising solution-processable materials in small facilities.
authors: Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan. watasato@rs.noda.tus.ac.jp
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Watanabe
authors: Yuri
authors: Y
authors: Akiyoshi
authors: Mutsuyoshi
authors: M
authors: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D006834:Hydrazines; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D012235:Rhodamines; D012997:Solvents; D014835:Volatilization; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D006834:Hydrazines; D012235:Rhodamines; D012997:Solvents; C029424:hydrazine; C029773:rhodamine B