Direct Transfer of Nanopatterned Functional Materials onto Textile Substrate for Optical and Sensing Applications

Abstract

In this work, we report a novel fabrication process for transferring nanopatterns onto a textile substrate using water-soluble polymer. There have been difficulties in transferring metal nano structure directly onto the textile due to the non-flat surface morphology. The proposed method can transfer various patterns from nanoscale to microscale using water-soluble polymers. Depending on the materials to be transferred, it can be applied to a hydrogen sensor with palladium nanoline array using electrical properties and can realize a nanostructural color of silver nanohole array using optical properties.