Abstract
Two new methods for preparing micron-scale patterns of hyperbranched polymer films are reported. Both approaches rely on passivation of a reactive surface by microcontact printing (μ-CP) followed by polymer grafting to unpassivated regions of the surface. The first method involves patterning of a hyperbranched polymer composite film containing poly(amidoamine) dendrimers and Gantrez (an active anhydride copolymer) onto Au. These structures are prepared by partial passivation of an Au surface with an n-hexadecanethiol self-assembled monolayer (SAM) using μ-CP, followed by multiple covalent grafting iterations of the dendrimer/Gantrez polymer film onto the unpassivated regions. The second patterning method involves partial passivation of an activated mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA) SAM, followed by modification of the unpassivated SAM with a layered poly(acrylic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) (PAA/PEG) nanocomposite. The approach for fabricating these structures consists of formation of an activated MUA SAM, μ-C...
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