Figure 1 Schematic illustration of a strategy to produce organic thin films (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Figure 1 Schematic illustration of a strategy to produce organic thin films

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The combination of bipolar electrochemistry with electrolytic micelle disruption leads to produce shaped organic thin films. The approach involves wirelessly inducing a desired potential distribution on a plate in an electrolytic cell to control the 'popping' of bubble-like micelles, which release their cargo to automatically form a film. Customized thin films produced with this inexpensive strategy could unlock applications in sophisticated biosensor systems and optoelectronics.

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