Micro contact printing method

Patent Name Microcontact Printing Method Patent Applicant Royal Philips Electronics Co., Ltd. Principal Applicant Address Eindhoven, The Netherlands Inventor MH Bridge Application (Patent) No. 03817850.8 Date of Application 2003.07.10 Certification Date Approval Notice No. 1672100 Auditing announcement date 2005.09.21 Manual CD-ROM D0538 Main classification number G03F7/00 Classification number G03F7/00; B05D1/28 Partition Original application number Priority item 2002.7.26 EP 02078073.0 Abstract This application relates to microcontact printing, wherein The molecular species (1) formed by the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is applied to the surface (2) of the article (3). This SAM-forming species (1) contains a polar functional group that is exposed when the species (1) forms a monolayer. In this way the printing process described can be carried out in vacuum or in a gaseous environment, preferably in air. The present invention also relates to an article having a surface comprising at least one isolation region of a SAM, the SAM having a lateral dimension in the range of 1-100 nanometers. Moreover, the invention also relates to a method for producing at least one nanowire, or nanowire grid, having a lateral dimension in the range of 1-100 nm. Sovereignty 1. A method of applying a self-assembled monolayer of a molecular species to the surface of an article, comprising: - providing a self-assembled monolayer-formed molecular species on at least a portion of the stamped surface of the stamp, which has selective adsorption The first functional group to the surface, and the second functional group that is exposed when the species forms a monolayer, the second functional group is polar, - the first part that transfers the molecular species from the stamping surface to the surface of the article And - allowing uniform diffusion of the molecular species from the first part of the surface of the article to the second part of the surface of the article, characterized in that said diffusion is performed by placing the stamp and the article in a vacuum or in a gaseous environment. International Application PCT/IB2003/003060 2003.7.10 International Publication WO2004/013697 English 2004.2.12 Date of entry into the country Patent agency China Patent Agency (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. Agency address Fu Kang; Zhang Zhixing