Saturday, December 10, 2005

C/Fe patterning

Solutions

Sol A: 0.008g carbon nanoparticle in 1 mL ethanol + 5 µL surfactant
Sol B: 0.015g Ferrocenecarboxaldehyde (CAS 12093-10-6) in 1mL water

Sol A and B were ultrasonicated for 10 min.

Sol C: 0.2 mL of Sol A + 0.8 mL of ethanol

Sol D: 0.5 mL of Sol B + 0.5 mL of Sol C
Sol D2: portion of Sol D, which was used for tip dipping.

Sol D was sonicated for 10 min and fed to an NFP chip.

  • 3x3 [15,10,5s] => 5x5 @ (-40,40); 79°F, 88%
  • 3x3 [7.5, 5, 2.5s] => 5x5 @ (5,40); 79°F, 88%

Substrates

  • Sub 1: patterning by NFP, oxygen plasma
  • Sub 2: patterning by DPN, oxygen plasma
  • Sub 3: micropipetted, oxygen plasma
  • Sub 4: micropipetted

Substrate #2

  • 3x3 [20, 15, 10s] => 2x3 (pitch 3) @ (-40,40)