Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional silver-coated polymeric microstructures

    Authors

    Y. S. Chen; A. Tal; D. B. Torrance;S. M. Kuebler

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Adv. Funct. Mater.

    Keywords

    PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; MICROANALYTICAL DEVICES; 2-PHOTON POLYMERIZATION; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; MICROFABRICATION; GOLD; LASER; NANOPARTICLES; INITIATORS; CHEMISTRY; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Physical; Nanoscience &; Nanotechnology; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter

    Abstract

    A method is reported for fabricating complex 3D silver-coated polymeric microstructures. The approach is based on the creation of a crosslinked polymeric microscaffold via patterned multiphoton-initiated polymerization followed by surface-nucleated electroless deposition of silver. The conductivity and reflectivity of the resulting silver-polymer composites and the nanoscale morphology of the deposited silver are characterized. Sub-micrometer thick layers of silver can be controllably deposited onto surfaces, including those of 3D microporous forms without occluding the interior of the structure. The approach is general for silver coating crosslinked polymeric structures based on acrylate, methacrylate, and epoxide resins and provides a new path to complex 3D micrometer-scale devices with electronic, photonic, and electromechanical function.

    Journal Title

    Advanced Functional Materials

    Volume

    16

    Issue/Number

    13

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1739

    Last Page

    1744

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000240560700011

    ISSN

    1616-301X

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