Title

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

Authors

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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