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A micro-contact printing technique was used to fabricate a polypyrrole/polymethylene pattern on a gold surface. ω-(N-Pyrroyl)undecanethiol (PyC11SH) acts as ink for the generation of a pyrrole-terminal monolayer patterned on gold. This monolayer-patterned surface functions as a resist for the selective growth of polymethylene by catalytic decomposition of diazomethane on the gold surface. It also functions as a monomer for the electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole on the PyC11SH monolayer-patterned surface. The polypyrrole/polymethylene pattern was fabricated by an electrochemical polymerization method. The polypyrrole was grown on the pyrrole-patterned surface by potential scanning between 0.0 and 1.2 V vs. Ag wire. The thickness of the polypyrrole growth increases with the increasing number of cycles. The structural features of the patterned surface can be determined by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy.
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Nirmala Grace, .A., Pandian, .K. A polypyrrole/polymethylene pattern on gold using a micro-contact printing technique. J Solid State Electrochem 7, 296–300 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-002-0324-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-002-0324-1