Electric devices and methods of manufaturing the same

Active Publication Date: 2009-12-31
CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECH LTD +1
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[0080]Preferably, the distal surface of the bank structure is made super de-wetting (or super hydrophobic). Such a surface exhibits “the lotus leaf effect” whereby drops of liquid deposited on the surface roll off the surface rather than wetting the surface. This effect occurs when the contact angle of the liquid on the surface is above 120°, preferably above 130°, more preferably above 140° and most preferably around 150° or higher. Such a surface may be unachievable by mere chemical alteration and may require a roughened surface as previously described.
[0081]Preferably, the stamp is made of an elastomeric material. This ensures good contact between the stamp and the distal surface of the bank structure. Most preferably, the stamp comprises PDMS (Poly Dimethyl Siloxane).
[0082]Preferably, prior to contacting the stamp with the substrate, the stamp is activated

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Inkjet printing has many advantages for the deposition of materials for molecular electronic devices but there are also some drawbacks associated with the technique.
In practice drying is complicated by other effects such as the coffee ring-effect.
This effect can result in dissolved material tending to be deposited in a ring rather than uniformly.
The physics of the interactions of a drying solution with a surface are extremely complicated and a complete theory still awaits development.
A further problem with inkjet deposition arises when filling wells which are large compared with the size of an inkjet droplet.
However it is difficult to produce drops of, say 100 μm in diameter (in flight) from a print head.
However such structures cannot easily be formed by

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[0118]Embodiments of the present invention relate to the fabrication of substrates with local control over wettability of topographically structured surfaces. This is of crucial importance in new microelectronic fabrication processes such as ink-jet printing, where ink diffusion due to ‘overfilling’ dramatically decreases the printing resolution. Here, a soft-lithographic method is described based on transferring PDMS patterns onto planar or topographically patterned substrates. The advantages of this procedure are substrate-tolerance (i.e. the method can be applied on Si wafers, glass, gold, and also on ‘soft’ surfaces like polymers and photo-resists) and spatial control over the wettability of non-planar surfaces. As demonstrated below, the creation of a two-tier hydrophilic-hydrophobic structure provides a simple and effective method for the selective wetting of the inside of lithographically prepared channels.

[0119]PDMS stamps were prepared as follows: Prepolymer Sylgard 184 (Dow C

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Abstract

A process for manufacturing an electrical device, the process comprising the steps: providing a substrate; bringing a stamp into contact with the substrate whereby areas of the substrate contacted by the stamp have decreased wettability; and depositing a liquid comprising an electrically active material over areas of the substrate located between the areas of decreased wettability.

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