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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2010
Lijun Zu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Matthew H. Frey, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Myungchan Kang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jeffrey H. Tokie, Scandia, MN (US);
Lijun Zu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Matthew H. Frey, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Myungchan Kang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jeffrey H. Tokie, Scandia, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Method of patterning a substrate are described including a method of providing a substrate comprising a metalized surface having a self-assembled monolayer patterned region and unpatterned region; and wet etching the metalized surface in a liquid etchant agitated with bubbling gas to remove metal from the unpatterned regions to form a metal pattern. Also described are metal patterned article including an article comprising a substrate and an etched microcontact printed metal pattern disposed on the substrate wherein the pattern has a thickness of at least 100 nanometers and a pattern feature uniformity of at least 50% for an area of at least 25 cm.