Localized electrografting of vinylic monomers on conducting substrate using an integrated electrochemical AFM probe.

Achraf Ghorbal (1) , Federico Grisotto (1) , Julienne Charlier (1) , Serge Palacin (1) , Cédric Goyer (1) , Christophe Demaille (2)

1 LCSI - Laboratoire de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces
2 LEM (UMR_7591) - Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire

Combinations of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) with other scanning probe microscopy techniques, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), show great promise for directing localized modification, which is of great interest for chemical, biochemical and technical applications. Herein, an atomic force scanning electrochemical microscope is used as a new electrochemical lithographic tool (L-AFM-SECM) to locally electrograft, with submicrometer resolution, a non-conducting organic coating on a conducting substrate.

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Material chemistry

Achraf Ghorbal, Federico Grisotto, Julienne Charlier, Serge Palacin, Cédric Goyer, et al.. Localized electrografting of vinylic monomers on conducting substrate using an integrated electrochemical AFM probe.. ChemPhysChem, 2009, 10, pp.1053-1057. ⟨10.1002/cphc.200800803⟩. ⟨cea-01022844⟩