Self Assembly

Self-assembly is the ordered arrangement of molecules onto a surface, through intermolecular or intramolecular bonding, with little or no assistance from external forces. Plasma treatment has been applied to gold surfaces prior to self-assembly of thiol molecules.

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Patents

Lee I, Drzal LT, Lu J, and Hendricks TR. "Micropatterning of Conductive Graphite Particles Using Microcontact Printing". WO2008060592 (2008).
Spencer N, Morgenthaler S, and Lee S. "Controlled Surface-Chemical Gradients". US20040224303 A1 (2004).
Delongchamp DM, Hammond PT, and Tokuhisa H. "Solid polymer electrolytes from ethylene oxide-containing, layer-by-layer assembled films". US20030228523 A1 (2003).
Short J, Mathur EJ, Lafferty WM, Barton N, and Chow K. "Method of making a protein polymer and uses of the polymer". US20030198681 A1 (2003).
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PhD Dissertation

Vint E. "Utilization of DNA/dendron Conjugates for DNA Monolayers on Gold: A Comparative Study" PhD diss., 2011.

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