Constraints on Microcontact Printing Imposed by Stamp Deformation

By C. Hui, A. Jagota, Yu-Yun Lin, E. Kramer. 2002

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Patterning surfaces with functional polymers. (2008, background): “High-quality μCP patterns are generated under optimized conditions that avoid contamination, the deformation of stamps and the lateral diffusion of the in”
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Mechanics of robust and releasable adhesion in biology: bottom-up designed hierarchical structures of gecko. (2006, background): “In an array of slender hairs planted on a solid surface, the van der Waals interaction between neighboring fibers can cause them to bundle together (Sitti and Fearing, 2003; Hui et al., 2002; Geim et al., 2003; Persson, 2003a; Glassmaker et al., 2004; Gao et al., 2005).”