Issue 13, 2012

One step multifunctional micropatterning of surfaces using asymmetric glow discharge plasma polymerization

Abstract

Micropatterning of surfaces with varying chemical, physical and topographical properties usually requires a number of fabrication steps. Herein, we describe a micropatterning technique based on plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) that deposits both protein resistant and protein repellent surface chemistries in a single step. The resulting multifunctional, selective surface chemistries are capable of spatially controlled protein adhesion, geometric confinement of cells and the site specific confinement of enzyme mediated peptide self-assembly.

Graphical abstract: One step multifunctional micropatterning of surfaces using asymmetric glow discharge plasma polymerization

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Sep 2011
Accepted
12 Dec 2011
First published
09 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 1907-1909

One step multifunctional micropatterning of surfaces using asymmetric glow discharge plasma polymerization

D. J. Menzies, T. Gengenbach, J. S. Forsythe, N. Birbilis, G. Johnson, C. Charles, G. McFarland, R. J. Williams, C. Fong, P. Leech, K. McLean and B. W. Muir, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1907 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC15578H

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