Patterning and Visualizing Interfacial Chemistries in Complex Systems

在分析和表面化学项目的支持下，Nuzzo教授和他在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校化学系的同事们正在开发制造微纳米级传感器和执行器设备的方法和制造方法。多尺度材料组装和图像化的新协议，模型微流体装置和化学致动器，以及对制造传感器的新方法的基本理解是本研究计划的重点。促进分子识别、抑制非特异性蛋白质结合和对环境刺激作出反应的表面化学正在得到发展。这项研究的结果是为改进的分析传感器和设备的构造提供了有用的设计规则。Nuzzo教授和他在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的同事们正在开发一种用于制造分析设备的新方法，采用系统的方法对聚合物材料的多尺度软图案、贴花转移光刻和接触印刷方法进行处理。材料和表面化学方法的结合被用于发展基本的理解，从而导致复杂的多尺度传感器和执行器的制造设计规则。这些基本信息对许多学科都有影响。

With the support of the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program, Professor Nuzzo and his coworkers in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, are developing approaches and fabrication methods for the construction of micro and nanoscaled sensor and actuator devices. New protocols for multiscale materials assembly and patterning, model microfluidic devices and chemical actuators, and fundamental understanding of novel ways to fabricate sensors are the focus of this research program. Surface chemistries to promote molecular recognition, to inhibit non-specific protein binding, and to respond to environmental stimuli are being developed. The result of this research is the development of useful design rules for the construction of improved analytical sensors and devices. Using a systematic approach to multiscale soft patterning of polymer materials, decal transfer lithography, and contact printing methods, Professor Nuzzo and his coworkers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are developing novel methods for the fabrication of analytical devices. A combination of materials and surface chemistry approaches are being used to develop the fundamental understanding that leads to design rules for the fabrication of complex multiscale sensors and actuators. This fundamental information has impact across a broad range of disciplines.