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Solid surface free energy analysis using inkjet droplets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2012

Kazuhiro Fukada,
Hayato Sakai,
Taku Hasobe,
Takashi Masuda and
Tatsuya Shimoda
Kazuhiro Fukada
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan
Hayato Sakai
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Taku Hasobe
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, JapanPRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Takashi Masuda
Affiliation:
Japan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO, Shimoda Nano-Liquid Process Project, 2-5-3 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan
Tatsuya Shimoda
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, JapanJapan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO, Shimoda Nano-Liquid Process Project, 2-5-3 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan
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Abstract

We measured the surface free energy of a substrate by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) using sub-millimetre-sized inkjet droplets. By employing two types of TEM grids with different surface free energies, we investigated the relationship between the surface energy and the patterns of an organic solution dried on the grids. We confirmed that the generation of the porphyrin hexamer [(H2PAC15)6TPh] patterns was affected by the surface free energy of the TEM grid.

Keywords

self-assemblytransmission electron microscopy (TEM)solution deposition

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