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Figure 4. SEM images of (a-d) Si samples patterned by printing<br />

with (a) NBD/1 M H2SO4, (b)1MH2SO4, (c) ABD/0.5 M HCl, and (d)<br />

0.5 M HCl inks; (e, f) Cu samples patterned by printing with (e) NBD/1<br />

MH2SO4 and(f)1MH2SO4 inks.<br />

Table 2. Film Thicknesses for NA Layer Coupled to CP<br />

Film and Associated Controls<br />

surface film thickness/nm a<br />

PPF-CP 1.0 ± 0.3<br />

PPF-CP/SOCl2/NA 2.0 ± 0.5<br />

PPF-CP/NA 1.0 ± 0.4<br />

PPF-H2SO4/SOCl2/NA 0.4 ± 0.2<br />

a<br />

AFM line profiles are shown in Figure S-4 (Supporting Information).<br />

NA + CP on PPF. CP groups were printed on PPF using<br />

nonpatterned stamps and CBD/1 M H2SO4 ink. The films were<br />

activated by immersion in SOCl2 for 30 min and then transferred<br />

to a 20 mM NA/ACN solution at room temperature for<br />

24 h to promote coupling of NA groups to the CP layer via the<br />

formation of amide bonds. These samples are denoted PPF-CP/<br />

SOCl2/NA. Controls were also prepared: PPF-CP blanks were<br />

obtained by printing CP films onto PPF without subsequent<br />

activation or immersion in NA/ACN; for PPF-CP/NA blanks,<br />

only the activation step was omitted; and for PPF-H2SO4/<br />

SOCl2/NA, blanks were prepared by printing PPF with blank<br />

1MH2SO4, followed by “activation” and immersion in NA/<br />

ACN. Prior to their analysis, all samples and controls were<br />

sonicated for 5 min in ACN.<br />

AFM depth profiling results are shown in Table 2, and cyclic<br />

voltammograms of the modified surfaces and typical AFM line<br />

profiles are shown in Figures S-3 and S-4 (Supporting Information).<br />

Activation of the CP film and reaction with NA increased the film<br />

thickness from 1.0 ± 0.3 to 2.0 ± 0.5 nm, consistent with the<br />

coupling of NA groups to the CP layer. When the activation step<br />

7032 <strong>Analytical</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, Vol. 82, No. 16, August 15, 2010<br />

Figure 5. AFM image of VACNTs tethered to a patterned AP layer<br />

on PPF.<br />

was omitted, there was no change in film thickness, confirming<br />

that NA does not physisorb to the CP film. Interestingly, a thin<br />

surface layer of NA was detected electrochemically (Figure S-3,<br />

Supporting Information) and by AFM measurements on the<br />

PPF-H2SO4/SOCl2/NA controls. The measured thickness (0.4<br />

± 0.2 nm) of this film is less than expected for a monolayer of<br />

NA groups (0.8 nm), indicating a submonolayer coverage. We<br />

assume that NA couples directly to a low concentration of<br />

carboxylate functionalities on the (otherwise) bare PPF surface.<br />

SWCNT + AP on PPF. This second example of the utility of<br />

printed films as tethers is based on recent work in which we<br />

assembled and characterized vertically aligned carbon nanotube<br />

(VACNT) forests on AP films electrografted to PPF. 46 To test<br />

whether printed AP films could be used similarly, PPF surfaces<br />

were patterned using ABD/0.5 M HCl ink and then immersed in<br />

a DMSO solution (2 mL) of cut SWCNTs (0.2 mg mL -1 ) and N,N′dicyclohexylcarbodiimide<br />

(1 mg mL -1 )for24hat65°C. These<br />

conditions promote formation of amide bonds between surfaceimmobilized<br />

AP groups and carboxylate groups at the cut ends<br />

of the SWCNTs. The resultant surfaces were sonicated in<br />

acetone for 10 s and then in isopropyl alcohol for 10 s prior to<br />

imaging by AFM. The image shown in Figure 5 (and the SEM<br />

image in Figure S-5, Supporting Information) is similar to those<br />

previously obtained for VACNTs on electrografted AP tether<br />

layers. 46<br />

These examples demonstrate that MCP yields tether layers<br />

with their usual reactivity, and hence, the method can be used to<br />

prepare patterned substrates which form the basis of more<br />

complex structures.<br />

Buildup MCP Patterning of Two-Component Surfaces.<br />

Two- or multicomponent films in which secondary modifiers are<br />

patterned on top of a continuous base film have potential<br />

applications in sensing, where (for example) the base film is<br />

tailored to reduce nonspecific interactions with the analyte while<br />

the patterned secondary modifiers act either as tethers for<br />

attachment of recognition species or as the recognition elements<br />

themselves. This “buildup” method relies on the ability of the<br />

substrate to reduce the secondary modifiers by electron transfer<br />

across the base film. Reduction of the printed secondary modifier<br />

generates radicals which couple to the base film. Hence, a<br />

covalently coupled structure spontaneously forms in a single,<br />

simple step requiring no additional reagents. The buildup method<br />

(46) Garrett, D. J.; Flavel, B. S.; Shapter, J. G.; Baronian, K. H. R.; Downard,<br />

A. J. Langmuir 2010, 26, 1848–1854.

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