Fabrication of patterned electroluminescent polymers with microcontact printing

Abstract

For most practical applications, it is essential to fabricate micro- or nano-scale polymer electrolurninescent (EL) devices and pixel arrays. Microcontact printing, which uses a patterned elastomer (usually PDMS) as the mold to generate or transfer the pattern offers immediate advantages. Here we describe a method of patterning polymeric EL materials based on microcontact printing using PDMS mold. In this technique, we use the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) system of alkanephosphonic acids on ITO substrate, and patterned EL polymer is formed on the SAM-modified ITO substrate.