Control of site-selective adsorption reaction on a biomimetic super-hydrophilic/super-hydrophobic micropatterned template

A biomimetic super-hydrophobic/super-hydrophilic micropatterned template was successfully fabricated by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MPECVD) and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) lithography. Water drops were selectively condensed on super-hydrophilic regions of the template. In the solution of pH 2.6, carboxyl-terminated fluorescent polystyrene spheres were sedimented on superhydrophobic regions due to electrostatic attractive forces between negative -COO- and positive -CH3 groups. Cu was also deposited densely on only super-hydrophobic regions through electroless plating. From these results, we revealed that the biomimetic super-hydrophobic/super-hydrophilic micropatterned template was used as site-selective chemical reaction field. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.