Langmuir, Vol.26, No.3, 1449-1451, 2010
Catalytic Microcontact Printing on Chemically Functionalized H-Terminated Silicon
We report it novel inkless soft lithographic fabrication protocol that permits uniform parallel patterning of hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces using catalytic elastomeric stamps. Pattern transfer is achieved catalytically via reaction between sulfonic acid moieties covalently bound to an elastomeric stamp and a Boc-functionalized SAM grafted to passivated silicon. The approach represents the First example of a soft lithographic printing technique that creates patterns of chemically distinctive SAMs oil oxide-free silicon substrates.