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We report a novel method to selectively deposit materials from solution into imprinted micro-capillaries. Dewetting of the solvent just outside the capillaries is balanced to evaporation inside the capillaries. In this way conductive μ-wires can be self-assembled and self-aligned on flexible substrates opening the route to faster and cheaper plastic electronics.
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Turkenburg, D., Rendering, H., Hovestad, A. et al. Novel Imprinting Techniques for Fabrication of Multilevel Flexible Electronics. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1288, 905 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.150
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