Fine Wettability Control Created by a Photochemical Combination Method for Inkjet Printing on Self‐Assembled Monolayers

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104277
• Publication Date: 2012-01-17T12:51:48Z
• Authors: Youichi Tsuchiya; Shuichi Haraguchi; Masashi Ogawa; Tomohiro Shiraki; Hidenobu Kakimoto; Osamu Gotou; Takeshi Yamada; Kenji Okumoto; Shuhei Nakatani; Kei Sakanoue; Seiji Shinkai
• Keywords: Inkjet Printing; Self-assembled monolayer; Cleavage (geology); Low energy

Wettability tuning for organic solvents is demonstrated with the “combination method”, a reversal of conventional “cleavage method”. Several advantages are inherent to this method: example, syntheses simple, various surface-active groups can be used, and reaction proceeds low-energy light source. The image shows result after UV irradiation through patterning mask.