Large‐Area, Nanoimprint‐Assisted Microcontact Stripping for the Fabrication of Microarrays of Fouling/Nonfouling Nanostructures

Large-area micropatterns of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) nanodomains favorable for biological cell attachment are produced in a nonfouling poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) matrix (see image). Nanoimprint-assisted microcontact stripping techniques are used to micropattern polystyrene nanobeads deposited on PAA. Subsequent etching of the nanobeads, followed by deposition of PEO by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, produces the fouling/non-fouling surface. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.