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Nanofiber Ink: A Chitin Nanofiber Ink for Airbrushing, Replica Molding, and Microcontact Printing of Self-assembled Macro-, Micro-, and Nanostructures (Adv. Mater. 41/2011)

  1. Chao Zhong,
  2. Adnan Kapetanovic,
  3. Yingxin Deng,
  4. Marco Rolandi*

Article first published online: 25 OCT 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201190164

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 23, Issue 41, page 4720, November 2, 2011

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Zhong, C., Kapetanovic, A., Deng, Y. and Rolandi, M. (2011), Nanofiber Ink: A Chitin Nanofiber Ink for Airbrushing, Replica Molding, and Microcontact Printing of Self-assembled Macro-, Micro-, and Nanostructures (Adv. Mater. 41/2011). Adv. Mater., 23: 4720. doi: 10.1002/adma.201190164

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 98105 USA

*Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 98105 USA.

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  1. Issue published online: 25 OCT 2011
  2. Article first published online: 25 OCT 2011

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Keywords:

  • self-assembly;
  • chitin nanostructures;
  • nanofibers;
  • bionanotechnology;
  • soft lithography
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Self-assembled chitin nanofibers are microcontact printed onto a glass substrate. Ultrafine nanofibers self-assemble from a hexafluoro-2-propanol chitin solution upon drying. On page 4776, Marco Rolandi and co-workers use this “chitin nanofiber ink” for airbrushing, replica molding, and micro-contact printing of chitin nanofiber structures across length scales. Notably, sub-35 nm micro-contact printed nanofiber features are achieved.

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