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Item Open Access Mechanochemical activation and patterning of an adhesive surface toward nanoparticle deposition(American Chemical Society, 2015) Baytekin, H. T.; Baytekin, B.; Huda, S.; Yavuz, Z.; Grzybowski, B. A.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.