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Table 3. Film Thickness Measurements on PPF<br />

Substrates Modified with CP Films with and without<br />

Overprinting of a NP Layer a<br />

film thickness/nm b<br />

sonication solvent and time CP region CP/NP region<br />

H2O (5 min) 1.6 ± 0.3 2.2 ± 0.3<br />

H2O (5 min) 1.4 ± 0.3 2.1 ± 0.2<br />

H2O (5 min) + ACN (30 min) 1.7 ± 0.6 2.1 ± 0.3<br />

H2O (5 min) + ACN (30 min) 1.5 ± 0.4 2.0 ± 0.2<br />

a Samples were prepared in duplicate. b AFM line profiles are shown<br />

in Figure S-7 (Supporting Information).<br />

Figure 6. SEM images of surfaces that were immersed in 10 mM<br />

CBD/0.1 H2SO4 for 30 min and subsequently printed with (a) ABD/<br />

0.5 M HCl and (b) 0.5 M HCl inks. After printing, the surfaces were<br />

immersed in Au nanoparticle solution for 40 min.<br />

was demonstrated by printing the secondary modifiers NP and<br />

AP.<br />

CP + NP on PPF. NP groups were printed onto a base CP<br />

film grafted spontaneously to PPF at OCP. Two ∼3.0 × 1.5 mm 2<br />

PPF samples were immersed in 10 mM CBD/0.1 M H2SO4<br />

solution for 30 min to form the base films. One half of each<br />

sample was then printed with a nonpatterned stamp using<br />

NBD/1 M H2SO4 ink. Cyclic voltammetry (Figure S-6, Supporting<br />

Information) confirmed that NBD had reacted in the<br />

expected manner giving an NP layer.<br />

AFM depth profiling measurements of printed and unprinted<br />

sections (Table 3) show that printing increases the film thickness,<br />

consistent with attachment of NP to the CP layer. The magnitude<br />

of the increase (∼0.4-0.7 nm) corresponds to the addition of a<br />

submonolayer of NP groups on top of the CP film. However, NP<br />

is also expected to couple within the CP film, and hence, the<br />

concentration of printed NP groups may be higher than indicated<br />

by film thickness data.<br />

To test the stability of the printed layers, the samples were<br />

sonicated in ACN for 30 min and the AFM measurements were<br />

repeated. The data in the lower part of Table 3 indicate that the<br />

film thicknesses did not change significantly, consistent with<br />

covalent attachment both to the substrate surface and between<br />

the base and printed layers.<br />

CP + AP on PPF. In the second example of the buildup<br />

printing approach, AP groups were patterned onto a spontaneously<br />

grafted layer of CP groups using a patterned stamp with ABD/<br />

0.5 M HCl ink. A blank was also prepared on a CP layer by printing<br />

with blank 0.5 M HCl ink. The printed surfaces were immersed<br />

for 40 min in a solution of Au nanoparticles and then sonicated in<br />

H 2O for 30 s prior to analysis by SEM. Figure 6 shows the SEM<br />

images where the assembled Au nanoparticles clearly reveal the<br />

patterned immobilization of AP (Figure 6a) in comparison with<br />

the control (Figure 6b).<br />

The buildup approach for preparing patterned two- or multicomponent<br />

surfaces should be applicable to all substrates at which<br />

grafting from aryldiazonium salt solutions proceeds spontaneously<br />

at OCP. However, the requirement that the second aryldiazonium<br />

cation be reduced by the substrate places some limitations on<br />

the nature and thickness of the base film and also on the<br />

aryldiazonium cation derivative. For strongly reducing substrates<br />

(such as zinc), it should be possible to print even relatively difficultto-reduce<br />

aryldiazonium cations onto thick base films. On the<br />

other hand, printing on less-reducing substrates (such as Au) is<br />

likely to be successful only with easily reduced aryldiazonium salt<br />

derivatives on thin base films. In the examples above, the base<br />

films were formed by spontaneous grafting from a aryldiazonium<br />

salt solution. There is no reason why MCP, electrografting, and/<br />

or other classes of modifiers cannot be used. Methods such as<br />

electro-oxidation of primary amines 47 or arylhydrazines; 48 electroreduction<br />

of iodonium, 49,50 sulfonium 51 salts, or vinylic compounds;<br />

52 photolytic or thermal grafting of alkenes and alkynes; 53-56<br />

or photografting of arylazides 57 would greatly widen the range of<br />

functionalities that could be added to the surface.<br />

CONCLUSION<br />

Microcontact printing using aryldiazonium salt inks has been<br />

applied to carbon, metal, and semiconductor substrates to give<br />

stable, covalently attached, thin films. The thickness and the<br />

morphology of the printed film appear to depend on the potential<br />

driving force for reduction of the aryldiazonium cation by the<br />

substrate. Aminophenyl and carboxyphenyl groups in printed<br />

layers retain the ability to form amide bonds with solution species<br />

and, consequently, provide useful tethers for more complex<br />

surface structures.<br />

Microcontact printing using aryldiazonium salts is applicable<br />

to all substrate-diazonium salt combinations for which surface<br />

modification proceeds spontaneously at open circuit potential in<br />

solution. The variable film thickness and roughness, which is<br />

substrate- and film-dependent, may be a limitation for some<br />

potential applications; however, compared with other methods for<br />

patterning layers using aryldiazonium salts, microcontact is low<br />

cost and simple to implement with no requirement for electrochemical<br />

capability. Tightly defined patterns with feature sizes<br />

tens of micrometers upward can be routinely prepared, and<br />

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