Mechanochemical activation and patterning of an adhesive surface toward nanoparticle deposition
Author
Baytekin, H. T.
Baytekin, B.
Huda, S.
Yavuz, Z.
Grzybowski, B. A.
Date
2015Source Title
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Print ISSN
0002-7863
Electronic ISSN
1520-5126
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Volume
137
Issue
5
Pages
1726 - 1729
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
Mechanical pulling of adhesive tape creates radicals on the tapes surface. These radicals are capable of reducing metal salts to the corresponding metal nanoparticles. In this way, the mechanically activated tape can be decorated with various types of nanoparticles, including Au, Ag, Pd, or Cu. While retaining their mechanical properties and remaining "sticky, " the tapes can exhibit new properties derived from the presence of metal nanoparticles (e.g., bacteriostaticity, increased electrical conductivity). They can also be patterned with nanoparticles only at selective locations of mechanical activation.
Keywords
Chemical activationGold
Mechanical properties
Nanoparticles
Palladium
Silver
Adhesive surfaces
Adhesive tapes
Electrical conductivity
Mechanical activation
Mechano-chemical activation
Metal salt
Nanoparticle deposition
Metal nanoparticles