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Soft lithography-mediated microscale patterning of silica on diverse substrates

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We have developed a soft lithography-based process to create microscale patterns of silica on a diverse array of substrates. A sacrificial polymer layer was first patterned using a micromolding technique. A peptide was adsorbed on the substrate and the sacrificial layer was removed. The patterned peptide template then catalyzed the deposition of silica from a silicic acid solution. With this procedure, we have created both continuous and discontinuous silica patterns on metallic, ceramic, and polymer substrates.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA

    Randall Butler

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA

    Nicholas Ferrell & Derek Hansford

  3. Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 45433, USA

    Rajesh Naik

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This paper was selected as an Outstanding Symposium Paper for the 2007 MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium T Proceedings, Vol. 10008E.

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Butler, R., Ferrell, N., Hansford, D. et al. Soft lithography-mediated microscale patterning of silica on diverse substrates. Journal of Materials Research 24, 1632–1638 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2009.0200

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