Time and pressure dependent deformation of microcontact printed channels fabricated using self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiol on gold
Title: Time and pressure dependent deformation of microcontact printed channels fabricated using self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiol on gold Authors: Uddin, M. Jalal Hossain, M. Khalid Qarony, Wayesh Hossain, Mohammad I. Mia, M.N.H. Hossen, S. Keywords: Microcontact printing (μCP);PDMS;Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs);Polyethylene terephthalate (PET);Au;Alkanethiol Issue Date: 2017 Publisher: H. : ĐHQGHN Series/Report no.: Volume 2;Issue 3 Abstract: In this work, the replication-based microcontact printing method has been presented to study the deformation effect of different printing times and printing pressures on the microcontact printed structures. Cost-effective microcontact printing channels of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiol have been prepared on gold surface. The alkanethiol inking the polydimethylsiloxanes stamp effectively forms the self-assembled monolayers on the noble gold surface that protects the met...