WO2003087206A2 - Patterned polymeric structures, particularly microstructures, and methods for making same - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure concerns structures, especially microstructures, comprising polymer(s) and embodiments of methods for preparing such structures on a variety of substrates in desired patterns, either by direct coupling of a polymeric material to a substrate, such as by using TJV irradiation to induce coupling, or using a linker molecule, e.g., a nitrenogenic compound, to adhere polymer films to a substrate.
- a linker molecule e.g., a nitrenogenic compound
- Micrometer- and nanometer-scale structures are useful for making micro-sensors, micro-actuators, micro-instruments, micro-optics, rnicrofluidic devices, and micro-reactors.
- Previous methods for making such structures have focussed on their production within solid substrates through, for example, the use of photoresists and chemical etching techniques. Since there are a limited number of solid substrates that can be used to produce microstructures, the range of chemical and physical properties exhibited by such structures also is limited.
- One approach to altering the chemical and physical properties of the surfaces of microstructures is to apply a thin film of a polymeric material to the surface of a microstructure etched into a substrate.
- Yan et al. U.S. Patent No. 5,830,539 describes coating the interior of a micro-well etched in a silicon wafer with a polymeric material.
- Chip-based microwell arrays have greatly increased the capability to perform analytical and biochemical reactions and assays. These microchips allow a large number of reactions to be carried out simultaneously, at much higher speed and more efficiency than conventional analyses.
- the small volume of the microwells dramatically reduces the amount of reagents needed, resulting in reduced wastes and lower costs.
- Most of the microwells are silica-based that are fabricated in silicon wafers or glass slides using micromachining techniques by way of photolithography and etching (See, for example, Mensinger et al., in Micro Total Analysis Systems; van den Berg and Bergveld Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, London,; p.
- microwells have been generated in ordered arrays by etching with a bundle of optical fibers (Pantano and Walt, "Ordered Nanowell Arrays," Chem. Mater., 8: 2832, 1996).
- Ewing and co-workers fabricated picoliter microvials in polystyrene by an embossing technique using structures formed by using a photolithographic patterning technique (Clark, et al., "Electrochemical Analysis in Picoliter Microvials,” Anal. Chem. 69: 259 (1997)).
- Versatile methods for preparing microstructures from polymeric materials are provided.
- the flexible methods enable production of microstructures of varying shapes and varying chemical and physical properties.
- the disclosed methods also permit fabrication of microstructures on flat substrates, and may be readily integrated with other microfabrication techniques.
- Microstructures including micro-wells and micro-towers, comprised entirely of polymeric materials also are disclosed.
- "smart wells" that selectively adsorb reagents into the wells are provided.
- the well bottoms may be formed from a polymeric material that attracts reagent molecules.
- the well bottom may be formed from a polar polymeric material that attracts PCR templates and primers.
- the well top material may be selected so that it repels and confines the reagent molecules to the wells.
- a non-polar polymeric material may be used to repel PCR templates and primers toward the wells.
- FIG. 2 is a graph of silane-functionalized, PFPA-immobilized PS film thickness as a function of PS molecular weight.
- FIG. 3 is a graph of the thickness of silane-functionalized, PFPA-immobilized PEOX films versus UV irradiation time.
- FIG. 4A is a graph of PEOX film thickness vs. initial concentration of PEOX (MW 200,000) in chloroform for both spin-coated and silane-functionalized, PFPA-immobilized thin films.
- FIG. 4B also is a graph of the thickness of immobilized PEOX thin films as a function of initial PEOX concentration.
- FIG. 5 is a graph of silane-functionalized, PFPA-immobilized PEOX film thickness as a function of PEOX molecular weight.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B are, respectively, an AFM image of patterned PEOX film (MW 200,000) and a cross-sectional profile of the features shown in the AFM image of FIG. 6A.
- FIGS. 7 A and 7B are, respectively, an AFM image of a PEOX/PS polymer array (MW 200,000 and 280,000, respectively) and a cross-sectional profile of the features shown in the AFM image of FIG. 7A.
- FIGS. 8A and 8B are, respectively, an AFM image of a PS/PEOX polymer array (MW 280,000 and 200,000 respectively) and a cross-sectional profile of the features shown in the AFM image of FIG. 8A.
- FIG. 9 is a bar-graph illustrating the thickness of an UV-immobilized PS thin film after various treatments.
- FIG. 10 is a graph illustrating the thickness of UV-immobilized PS thin films as a function of UV irradiation time.
- FIG. 11 is a bar-graph illustrating the thickness of UV-immobilized PVP thin film after various treatments.
- FIG. 12 is a bar-graph illustrating the thickness of UV-immoblized PVC thin film after various treatments.
- FIGS. 15A and 15B are, respectively, a 3-dimensional AFM image and a cross- sectional profile of a patterned array prepared by UV-immobilization of PVP followed by UV- immobilizaiton of PS.
- FIGS. 16A and 16B are, respectively, a 3-dimensional AFM image and a cross- sectional profile of a patterned array prepared by UV-immobilization of PS followed by UV- immobilzation of PVP.
- FIGS. 17A and 17B are, respectively, a 3-dimensional AFM image and a cross- sectional profile of a spin-coated PS film before UV illumination.
- FIGS. 18A and 18B are, respectively, a 3-dimensional AFM image and a cross- sectional profile of a PS film after UV illumination and extraction with toluene.
- FIG. 19A and FIG 19B show, respectively, a 3-dimensional AFM image and a cross- sectional profile of a portion of polystyrene UV-adhered structures on a silicon substrate.
- FIG. 20A and FIG 20B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional AFM image and the cross-sectional profile of polystyrene UV-adhered structures on a gold substrate.
- an “azide functionalized substrate” is a substrate to which one or more nitrenogenic groups are adhered, covalently or otherwise.
- a "bis-azide” is a functionalizing reagent that comprises at least two nitrenogenic groups.
- a “functional group” is a group of one or more atoms bonded together in an organized way so as to have particular chemical and/ or physical properties.
- the term "functionalized polymer” can concern either a functionalized polymeric substrate or a functionalized polymer molecule.
- Functionalized polymer molecules comprise one or more functional groups covalently bonded to the polymer molecules.
- a “functionalizmg reaction” is a reaction in which a substrate surface is functionalized with functional groups other than those naturally present on the substrate surface. For example, a surface may be functionalized with nitrenogenic groups to provide an azide-functionalized substrate.
- a functionalizmg reaction can consist of one or more stages. At least one stage involves the reaction of a functional group of the functionalizmg reagent with the surface atoms of the substrate.
- a "functionalizmg reagent” is a reagent adapted for functionalizmg a substrate.
- Molecules of functionalizmg agents have at least one nitrenogenic group (as a first functional group) coupled, either directly or indirectly, to at least a second functional group.
- the nitrenogenic group is not directly coupled to the second functional group, but preferably is constrained by the molecular structure of the functionalizing-reagent between the nitrenogenic group and the second functional group.
- the second functional group of the functionalizmg agent which also can be a nitrenogenic group, serves to adhere the functionalizmg reagent to the substrate.
- Suitable functional groups that may be used to adhere the functionalizmg reagent to a substrate include thiols, amines, and silanes. Additional functional groups may be present on the functionalizmg reagent and may serve to alter the properties of the functionalized substrate or to permit attachment of additional molecules to the substrate. Any of the following functional groups, constrained structurally from reacting with the nitrene moiety after the nitrene moiety is generated also may be present on the functionalizmg reagent:
- (a) carboxyl groups and various derivatives thereof such as (but not necessarily limited to): N-hydroxysuccinimide esters; N-hydroxybenzotriazole esters; acid halides corresponding to the carboxyl group; acyl imidazoles; thioesters; p-nitrophenyl esters; alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl and aromatic esters, including esters of biologically active (and optically active) alcohols such as cholesterol and glucose; various amide derivatives such as amides derived from ammonia, primary, and secondary amines and including biologically active (and optically active) amines such as epinephrine, dopa, enzymes, antibodies, and fluorescent molecules;
- alcohol groups either free or esterified to a suitable carboxylic acid which could be, for example, a fatty acid, a steroid acid, or a drug such as naprosin or aspirin;
- haloalkyl groups wherein the halide can be later displaced with a nucleophilic group such as a carboxylate anion, thiol anion, carbanion, or alkoxide ion, thereby resulting in the covalent attachment of a new group at the site of the halogen atom;
- a nucleophilic group such as a carboxylate anion, thiol anion, carbanion, or alkoxide ion, thereby resulting in the covalent attachment of a new group at the site of the halogen atom
- maleimido groups or other dienophilic groups such that the group may serve as a dienophile in a Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction with a 1,3-diene-containing molecule such as, for example, an ergosterol;
- the functionalizmg reagent may be selected from the group consisting generally of: functionalized aryl azides, alkyl azides, alkenyl azides, alkynyl azides, acyl azides, and azidoacetyl derivatives. All such reagents are capable of carrying a variety of functional substituents that serve to adhere the functionalizmg agent to a substrate, provide sites where additional molecules may be coupled to the functionalizmg reagent, or otherwise alter the chemical and/or physical properties of the functionalized substrate.
- Halogen atoms may be present to the maximum extent possible in the positions on the functionalizmg reagent molecule adjacent the azide group. Improved results are achieved when fluorine and/or chlorine atoms are the halogen atoms.
- nitreneogenic azides and functionalizmg reagents useful for functionalizmg polymeric substrates may be found in U.S. Patent No. 5,580,697 to Keana et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,830,539 to Yan et al., and PCT publication WO 98/22541 naming Yan et al. as inventors, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.
- Particularly effective functionalizmg reagents may be derived from perhalophenyl azides (PHPAs), particularly perfluorophenyl azides (PFPAs) derived from 4-azido-2,3,5,6- tetrafluorobenzoic acid.
- PHPAs perhalophenyl azides
- PFPAs perfluorophenyl azides
- Schemes 1, 2, 3, and 4 below illustrate synthetic routes to a variety of functionalizmg reagents based upon 4-azido-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoic acid.
- One skilled in the art will recognize that the particular reactions shown are only illustrative of more general routes to functionalizmg reagents from azides.
- X (CH2) 6 NH(CH 2 )3
- nitrene group (also generally termed “nitrene” or “nitrene intermediate”) is a particular form of nitrogen group regarded by persons skilled in the art as the nitrogen analogs of carbenes. Like carbenes, nitrenes are generally regarded as intermediates that are highly reactive and may not be isolatable under ordinary conditions. Important nitrene reactions include (but are not Umited to) addition or insertion into C-H, N-H, O-H, and C-C bonds (single and double).
- a "nitrenogenic group” is a chemical moiety that becomes a nitrene group when exposed to a reaction-energy source.
- An azide group is an example of a nitrenogenic group.
- a "polymer molecule” is a molecule formed by covalently linking smaller molecules termed "monomers.”
- the monomers present in a polymer molecule can be the same or different. If the monomers are different, the polymer also may be called a co-polymer.
- Polymer molecules can be natural, such as (but not limited to) cellulose, starch, proteins, and nucleic acids; or synthetic, such as (but not limited to) nylon and polyaliphatic materials, particularly polyalkylene materials, examples of which include polyethylene and polypropylene.
- polymer molecules can be associated with each other in any of several ways, including non-covalently (as a thermoplastic) or by a covalently cross-linked network (as a thermoset).
- Such polymeric materials include, but are not limited to:
- acrylic resins such as polymers and copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid such as, poly(methylmethacrylate), poly(hexylmethacrylate), and acrylonitrile;
- polystyrene and its analogues such as poly(p-chlorostyrene) and poly(p- hydroxystyrene);
- polyimides such as polyimide(benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride/tetraethylmethylenedianiline);
- polyesters such as poly(trimethylene adipate), polyethylene terephthalate), and poly(hexymethylene sebacate);
- conjugated and conducting polymers such as poly(3-alkylthiophene), ⁇ oly(3- alkylpyrrole), and polyaniline;
- inorganic polymers such as poly(aryloxyphosphazene), poly>bis(trifluoroethoxy) phosphazene, polysilanes, and polycarbosilanes, siloxane polymers, and other silicon-containing polymers;
- organic metals i.e., organic polymers with metallic properties
- organic metals i.e., organic polymers with metallic properties
- polycroconaines and polysquaraines as described in Chemical and Engineering News (Aug. 31, 1992);
- organometallic polymers such as palladium poly-yne and ferrocene-containing polyamides
- thermally responsive polymers such as N-isopropylacrylamide (PNJ A), and copolymers of PNIPA and poly(acrylic acid) or polyacrylamide.
- polypeptides such as poly-lysine.
- polymers of cyclic amines such as poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEOX) and poly(ethylimine).
- a "polymeric material or substrate” is a material or substrate comprising polymer molecules or a network of polymer molecules.
- reaction-energy source is an energy source that promotes adherence of a polymeric material to a substrate, for example, by converting nitrenogenic groups on functionalizmg reagent molecules to nitrenes, which may then react with, for example, a polymeric material, or by directly adhering the polymeric material to a substrate.
- Suitable reaction-energy sources include (but are not limited to): photons (including ultraviolet (UV) photons, deep-UV photons, laser light, X-rays, and heat in the form of infrared radiation or conductive heating), energized electrons (such as an electron beam), and energized ions (such as an ion beam).
- reaction- energy sources are conventionally used for such tasks as lithography, scanning microscopy and, in the case of UV and visible photons, effecting photochemical reactions and excitation of fluorescent molecules.
- a reaction-energy source comprising UV light can be supplied, for example, using a mercury or xenon lamp.
- a medium pressure mercury lamp is a source of photons between about 220 nm and about 1,000 nm, with a maximal intensity at about 360 nm.
- a photomask may be used to prevent photons from reaching certain portions of a sample while allowing photons to reach other portions. This provides an example of a process for forming desired patterns.
- a reaction-energy source comprising electrons can be supplied to a reaction by the following representative procedure: A sample is irradiated under vacuum by an electron or particle beam with an energy selected within the range of from about lkV to about 40 kV.
- a representative electron-beam source is a JEOL 840A electron microscope modified for electron- beam lithography.
- the beam may be stepped across the surface of the treated substrate to expose certain areas and not others.
- a dwell time at each step can be adjusted to change the exposure.
- a “substrate” is a non-fluid material providing a surface that can be functionalized according to the present invention.
- a substrate can comprise polymer molecules (e.g. thermoplastic polymer molecules), a thermoset molecular network (e.g., cross-linked polymer molecules), metal atoms, semiconductor materials, silicon, silica, or other atomic or molecular associations such as found in certain glasses and crystals. It also should be understood that a first material may be adhered to a first substrate to provide a second substrate to which additional materials may be adhered, and so on.
- the substrate may be a device comprised of multiple layers of materials, for example a microelectronic device.
- a substrate is functionalized by chemistry whereby functional groups on the functionalizmg reagent molecules interact with the substrate or substrate surface to adhere the functionalizmg reagent to the substrate.
- a substrate may be functionalized by chemistry whereby a functional group on the functionaUzing reagent molecule is either attracted to (e.g. by dipole-dipole interactions) or bonded (e.g. through hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, or covalent bonds) to the substrate surface.
- molecules or materials that may be attached to a substrate include, without limitation, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, organometallic catalysts, polymers, peptides, and metals.
- the functionalized nitrenogenic molecule is a functionalized azide, for example a functionalized perhalophenylazide (PHPA), such as a functionalized perfluorophenyl azide (PFPA).
- PHPA functionalized perhalophenylazide
- PFPA functionalized perfluorophenyl azide
- the functionalized nitrenogenic molecule comprises a functional group that serves to adhere the functionalized nitrenogenic molecule to the surface of a solid substrate and a nitrenogenic group, such as an azide group, that can be converted to a nitrene moiety that reacts with polymeric materials, generally via an insertion or addition reaction with the polymeric material.
- a polymeric material is applied (e.g. by spin-coating, adsorption from solution, or transfer of Langmuir-Blodgett films) to a surface derivatized with a functionalized PFPA (an example of an azide-fiinctionalized substrate), followed by treatment with a reaction energy source.
- the reaction energy source converts the azide group to a highly reactive nitrene that facilitates a reaction, such as an addition or insertion reaction with the polymeric material.
- the result is a polymeric material adhered to the substrate surface, generally covalently. Spatial control of the reaction energy provides a polymeric film adhered to a substrate in a pre-determined pattern.
- the functional group of the functionalized nitrenogenic molecule may be selected to interact or bond to a substrate in a particular manner. For example, if the substrate is siliceous (e.g.
- the functional group may be a silane because silanes react well with siliceous materials.
- the substrate is a metal (e.g. copper, gold, aluminum, platinum, palladium, or silver), alloy, or a semicondutor (e.g. cadmium sulfide or gallium arsenide)
- the functional group may be a thiol or other group, such as a nitrogen-containing group capable of forming a bond with the substrate, for example, an amine group.
- the substrate is graphite or a polymer, the functional group may be an azide.
- a method for direct adhesion of a polymer to a substrate also is provided.
- a polymer e.g. a vinylic polymer such as PS, PVP, PVC, PS-Acrylonitrile co-polymer, or ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer
- a substrate e.g. a siliceous substrate such as silicon, silica, glass, or quartz
- a reaction energy source e.g. electron beam or electromagnetic radiation, including UV irradiation such as photons having a wavelength between about 190 nm and about 400 nm or photons having a wavelength from about 190 nm to about 280 nm.
- PS is applied to a silicon substrate (e.g. by spin coating, adsorption from solution, or transfer of Langmuir-Blodgett films) and adhered using a reaction energy source, such as UV-illumination.
- a reaction energy source such as UV-illumination.
- PVC or PVP is applied to a silicon substrate and adhered with a reaction energy source.
- Modifying the conditions used to adhere a polymeric material to a substrate is one way to control thickness.
- PEOX thin films with a thickness from about 1.5 nm to about 3.3 nm may be prepared by varying the intensity and time of exposure to UV photons. Film thickness may also be varied by treatment following adherence. For example, film thicknesses of between 2 nm and 85 nm may be prepared by treating an adhered film with a solvent and/or sonication following UV exposure (see, for example, FIGS. 9-12).
- Thin films e.g. from about 3 nm to about 15 nm
- Thicker films e.g. from about 15 nm and about 100 nm
- Adjusting the molecular weight of the polymeric material also can control the thickness of the film, with thicker films typically resulting from polymers with greater average molecular weights.
- Spatially selective treatment of applied polymeric materials with a reaction energy source may be used to provide polymeric materials attached to the substrate in pre-determined patterns.
- a reaction energy source e.g. UV light or electron beam
- Disclosed embodiments of the method combine azide- mediated and/or reaction-energy-source-induced immobilization chemistry with lithography to generate patterned polymer films and hybrid arrays with unique surface topographies. These embodiments permit immobilization and formation of polymer arrays without prior chemical modification of the polymer, making the disclosed embodiments extremely versatile. Structures as small as the diffraction limit of the reaction energy source may be fabricated in this manner. For example, using an electron beam as the reaction energy source may provide structures as small as about 50 nm. UV-light treatment may provide structures as small as about 100 nm to about 200 nm (0.1 ⁇ m to 0.2 ⁇ m).
- micro-wells comprising polymeric materials are formed on a flat substrate. Such micro-wells may be used, for example, as micro-reactors or may be used as chemical sensors.
- Disclosed embodiments also include unique polymer-based micro-wells and nano-wells where the well-base and the well-top are tailored for particular applications.
- the unique surface properties of the disclosed micro- and nano-wells permit surface-induced delivery of reagents into the wells. For example, if the well-bottom is made of a polymer capable of absorbing or adsorbing a specific material (e.g. a particular molecule, biomolecule, or cell) and the well-top polymer has no affinity for the same material, then the material placed adjacent the well will tend to migrate to the well. Therefore, if a drop of a solution containing the material is placed on the surface of a substrate having such wells, gently shaking the substrate will move the material into the wells. This method eliminates the need for reagent delivery systems, making chip-based assays cheaper and easier to perform.
- a specific material e.g. a particular molecule, biomolecule, or cell
- the well-base is a hydrophilic, biocompatible polymer (e.g. PEOX) and the well-top is a hydrophobic polymer (e.g. PS).
- PEOX a hydrophilic, biocompatible polymer
- PS a hydrophobic polymer
- This configuration may be used for selective deposition of DNA into nano-wells. Deposition in such nano-wells may be used, for example, to provide sites for carrying out PCR reactions.
- the nano-wells may be used to construct a DNA selective sensor. Nano-wells having a hydrophilic base and a hydrophobic top may permit facile and selective deposition of DNA molecules in the wells. DNA is attracted to hydrophilic regions of the well-base whereas the hydrophobic surface of the well-tops tend to repel DNA molecules, acting as a barrier for their attachment.
- a sensor is constructed by immobilizing protein molecules in nano-wells constructed on a silicon wafer according to the disclosed methods. Other molecules subsequently may be screened for their attachment to the protein molecules in the nano-wells, thereby indicating their potential as drugs that target the protein.
- Polymers that are known to adsorb or resist the adsorption of proteins may be used as the well-bottom and well-top materials, respectively.
- Table 1 lists a few examples of polymers that bind proteins via ionic interactions (e.g. poly(styrene sulfonate), polylysine, and poly(allylamine) (at neutral pH)) and via hydrophobic interactions (e.g. polystyrene).
- the unique surfaces that may be generated with the disclosed methods also may be used as the stationary phase in chromatographic and electrophoretic separations of molecules.
- a surface having micro-wells with a hydrophobic base and a hydrophilic top may be used as a thin layer chromatographic support.
- a polar solvent applied to the surface will tend to wet and move across the surface, whereas less polar molecules carried in the solvent become trapped in the wells, retarding their progress. Therefore, molecules in the solvent will be separated based upon their relative hydrophobicities.
- a surface having micro-wells with a hydophilic base and a hydrophobic top may be used with a non-polar solvent to separate molecules based upon their relative hydrophilicities.
- patterned polymeric arrays Another application of patterned polymeric arrays is to provide channels for fluid flow useful in micro-fluidic devices.
- Additional molecules may be adhered to polymeric microstructures using techniques such as those disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,580,697 to Keana et al., U.S. Patent No.5,830,539 to Yan et al., and PCT publication WO 98/22541 naming Yan et al. as inventors, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.
- a micro-well may be formed by patterned adherence of a polymeric material to a substrate, leaving the underlying substrate exposed.
- a polymeric material to an azide-funtionalized substrate, followed by spatially selective adherence of the polymeric material in a pattern that leaves exposed portions of the underlying substrate, may be used to provide wells that have unreacted azide groups at the bottom.
- unreacted azide groups may be used to attach other molecules, such as biomolecules, to the bottom of the well.
- Example 1 is provided to further illustrate certain features described above and are not meant to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed. Example 1
- Methyl pentafluorobenzoate sodium azide (99%), N-hydroxysuccinimide (97%), dicyclohexylcarboimide (DCC, 99%), polystyrene (average MW 280,000), and silica gel (200 mesh) were purchased from Aldrich (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and were used as received. Monodisperse polystyrene of MWs 115,700; 393,400; 1,015,000; and 1,815,000 were obtained from Scientific Polymer Products, Inc. 3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane (United Chemical Technologies) was fractionally distilled and stored under nitrogen. Water used was obtained from a Millipore Milli-Q system with at least 18 M ⁇ resistivity.
- CH 2 C1 2 was distilled from P 2 O 5 .
- Silicon wafers were cut with a diamond pen and cleaned in piranha solution (7/3 v/v cone. H 2 SO 4 H 2 O 2 35 wt.%) for 1 hour at 80-90°C, washed thoroughly with water (100°C, 1 hour), and dried under a stream of nitrogen.
- N- hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) (0.450 g, 3.9 mmol) and 0.8339 g (4.0 mmol) of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) were added to a solution of 0.9181 g (3.9 mmol) of 4- azidotetrafluorobenzoic acid in 4 mL of redistilled CH 2 C1 2 and stirred at room temperature for 12 hours. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was evaporated leaving the crude product.
- N-succinimidyl 4- azidotetrafluorobenzoate (1) (1.2455 g, 95%) as white crystalline flakes, mp 107-108.4°C.
- N-(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)-4-azido-2,3,5,6- tetrafluorobenzamide (2) is illustrated schematically in reaction 1 below.
- N-succinimidyl 4-azidotetrafluorobenzoate (1) (0.1028 g, 3.1 mmol), 3-aminopropyltimethoxysilane (65 ⁇ L, 3.7 mmol), and CH 2 C1 2 (4 mL) was capped in argon and stirred for 5 hours at 25 °C. The mixture was evaporated and approximately 0.3 g of silica gel was added to the dried residue.
- Silicon wafers were cut with a diamond pen and cleaned in piranha solution (7/3 v/v cone. HaSO ⁇ zOa 35 wt.%) for 1 hour at 80-90°C, washed thoroughly with water (100°C, 1 hour), and dried under a stream of nitrogen.
- the clean wafers were soaked in a solution of PFPA-silane 2 in toluene (90 mg/9 mL) for 24 hours, rinsed in a gentle stream of ethanol, and dried under compressed nitrogen. These wafers were then allowed to cure at room temperature for at least 24 hours.
- a typical procedure for immobilizing a polymer thin film, such as a polystyrene (PS) thin film on an azide-functionalized silicon wafer is as follows.
- a PFPA-silane functionalized wafers was spin-coated at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds with a solution of 10 mg/mL PS in toluene.
- the film was then covered by a 280 nm glass filter, and irradiated for 5 minutes with UV light at an intensity of 16.6 mW/cm2. (Irradiation time included a 1.75-2 min warm up for the UV lamp to reach full power.)
- the unbound polymer was extracted by toluene for 24-48 hours, rinsed with toluene and dried under a stream of nitrogen.
- the film thickness was determined by ellipsometry ( ⁇ 3% error).
- the process was also monitored by contact angle measurements using water (Table 2).
- the freshly cleaned silicon wafer had a contact angle of 17°, consistent with the result reported by others.
- Introduction of a monolayer of perfluorophenylazido groups on the surface resulted in a contact angle of 42°.
- the immobilized PS had a contact angle complimentary to the spin-coated PS film, suggesting that the thin film was fairly uniform.
- the thickness of the PS films was determined by ellipsometry before and after irradiation assuming the polymer film to have a refractive index of 1.592.
- PS thin films were immobilized on silicon wafer surfaces via a UV-induced reaction of a silane-functionalized, perfluorophenyl azide. Films ranging from about 3 nmto about 15 nm were fabricated through variations in procedural conditions. In a working embodiment, the thinnest film was obtained when the PS concentration was adjusted to 5 mg/mL, while the thickest film was produced using high molecular weight PS (1,815,000).
- This procedure is versatile due to the chemical reactivity of nitrenes, which can covalently bond to a variety of molecules and materials. For example, attachment and patterning of functional polymers and biomolecules, as well as construction of polymer arrays on solid substrates, may be applied to construction of novel chemical sensors and sensor arrays.
- Example 2 Immobilization of PEOX on a Siliceous Substrate
- PEOX poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)
- An azide-functionalized silicon wafer substrate as described in Example 1 was prepared and coated with immobilized PEOX in the manner depicted in Scheme 1 above.
- the thickness of the PEOX films was examined by ellipsometry assuming the polymer film to have a refractive index of 1.520.
- PEOX films spin coated at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds from 10 mg/mL chloroform solutions had a thickness of approximately 90 nm and were expected to be fairly uniform.
- the film was then covered by a 280 nm glass filter and irradiated for 5 minutes with UV light at an intensity of 16.6 mW/cm2 (irradiation time included a 1.75-2 minutes warm-up for the UV lamp to reach full power).
- the unbound polymer was removed by soaking in CHC1 3 for 24-48 hours, rinsed with CHCI 3 and dried under a stream of nitrogen. After photolysis for 5 minutes and removal of the unbound film, the covalently attached PEOX layer was found to have an average thickness of 3.2 nm.
- Variations in the irradiation time revealed the minimum time required to couple the azide and PEOX was about 3 minutes (including about 1.75-2 min warm-up time for the lamp to reach full power) (See FIG. 3). Since no change in polymer film thickness was observed at longer irradiation times (up to 20 minutes), 5 minutes was used.
- FIG. 4 shows that the final immobilized film thickness was between 3.1-3.2 nm for all concentrations of the spin coated polymers. This result was consistent with the mechanism proposed in Scheme 1. Since the C-H insertion reaction occurred at the interface between the nitrene intermediate and the adjacent polymer chains, thicker polymer films should have no effect on the thickness of the final immobilized polymer film. To ensure uniform coverage of the substrate, a polymer solution concentration of 10 mg/mL was used.
- FIG. 6A shows an Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) image contrasting the adhered PEOX films and the derivitized wafer surface where the unattached polymer chains were removed.
- AFM Atomic Force Microscopy
- Patterned PS and PEOX Arrays Fabrication of polymer arrays was possible after the unattached PEOX film was removed from the unexposed regions of the patterned, PEOX-coated wafer described in Example 2, leaving the unreacted azido groups on the wafer available for insertion into a second polymer film. This was accomplished by spin coating a second polymer (10 mg/mL PS in toluene) onto the surface of the PEOX patterned wafer followed by UV irradiation and solvent extraction of unattached polymer. Formation of the PEOX/PS polymer array was confirmed in an AFM image (FIG. 7A).
- the PEOX films (3.0 nm) resided in the circular regions while the PS film (6.4 nm) towered over the PEOX films, generating a surface with PS well walls and PEOX well bases.
- a cross-sectional profile (FIG. 7B) of this image confirmed that the 5.5 ⁇ m diameter PEOX films were maintained following the attachment of the PS film, indicating that the point of polymer film attachment is at the PFPA-silane derivitized wafer surface.
- a second array structure was made by immobilizing PEOX on an azide-functionalized silicon wafer after circular PS films (6 nm) were patterned, and non-immobilized PS removed. Instead of wells, the addition of a PEOX film (3.1-3.2 nm) after immobilization of PS provides hydrophobic "towers" above a "sea” of hydrophilic PEOX, due to the difference in film thickness for the two polymers.
- An AFM image of the array is shown in FIG. 8A.
- the AFM image and the cross-sectional profile shown in FIG. 8B illustrate the sharp PEOX and PS interface, which define each polymer film boundary.
- This procedure is versatile due to the chemical reactivity of nitrenes, which can covalently bond to a myriad of molecules and materials.
- the functional group on the PFPA also can be tailored for attachment to a variety of substrates allowing the generation of surfaces with specific chemical composition and/or morphologies.
- These thin film arrays may be applied to cell growth control and the constmction of novel chemical sensors and sensor arrays, for example, after subsequent attachment of biomolecules to the polymer arrays using methods such as those found in U.S. Patent No. 5,580,697 to Keana et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,830,539 to Yan et al., and PCT publication WO 98/22541 naming Yan et al. as inventors, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.
- UV Immobilization of Polymer Thin Films This example illustrates immobilization of polymeric thin films on substrates using UV- irradiation alone (i.e. without prior functionalization of the substrate). Surprisingly, thin polymeric films adhere to a substrate without prior functionalization. Even without functionalization of the substrate the thin films are resistant to removal by solvent extraction and/or sonication.
- Silicon wafers were cut with a diamond pen and sonicated in isopropyl alcohol for 10 minutes, cleaned in piranha solution (7/3 v/v cone. H2SO 4 /H2O235 wt.%) for 1 hour at 80-90°C, washed thoroughly with water (100°C, 1 hour), and dried under a stream of nitrogen to provide a clean silicon wafer surface.
- a solution of polystyrene in toluene (lOmg/mL) was spin-coated onto the clean wafer surface at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds. Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for 5 minutes. The unbound polymer was extracted by toluene for 24-48 hours. To test the strength of the polystyrene adhesion, the wafers were sonicated in toluene for ten minutes.
- FIG. 9 shows that the spin-coated PS thin film shrinks slightly upon UV illumination. Soaking in toluene reduces the thickness to about 28 nm and sonication surprisingly fails to remove the film completely, leaving a PS film with a thickness of about 7 nm.
- the thickness of UV-immobilized polystyrene thin films as a function of UV irradiation time is shown in FIG. 10.
- a solution of polystyrene in toluene (lOmg/mL) was spin-coated onto several clean wafers at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds.
- Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for various lengths of time. The samples were allowed to soak in toluene for 24-48 hours. To test the strength of the polystyrene adhesion, the wafers were sonicated in toluene for ten minutes.
- Ellipsometric measurements of the film thickness were taken at the following stages of the procedure: after application of polystyrene and before UV irradiation (about 45 nm), after UV irradiation (between about 35 nm and about 45 nm, depending on irradiation time), after 24-48 hours of soaking (between about 24 nm and about 28 nm, depending on irradiation time), and after sonicating (between about 2 nm and about 27 nm, depending upon irradiation time). Similar results were obtained for PS thin films irradiated under an argon blanket.
- Polystyrene thin films were immobilized on a gold substrate that was prepared by evaporating gold thin films on silicon wafers.
- the wafers were cleaned in piranha solution (7/3 v/v cone. H 2 SO H 2 O 2 35 wt.%) for 10 seconds at 80-90°C, washed thoroughly with water (100°C, 1 hour), and dried under a stream of nitrogen to provide a clean gold surface.
- a solution of polystyrene with a molecular weight of 1,815,000 in toluene (10 mg/mL) was spin-coated onto a clean gold surface at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds.
- Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for 5 minutes.
- the unbound polymer was extracted by toluene for 24 hours.
- Ellipsometric measurements of the film thickness were taken at the following stages of the procedure: after application of polystyrene and before UV irradiation, and after UV irradiation and after 24 hours of soaking.
- the non- irradiated thin film measured approximately 130 nm and decreased to about 80 nm after irradiation and solvent extraction.
- the PVP layer appears to shrink only slightly upon UV-illumination (from about 85 nm to about 84 nm) and a layer of about 45 nm remains on the substrate after soaking.
- UV-adhered Poly(vinyl chloride) Thin Films :
- a solution of poly( vinyl chloride) in THF (lOmg/mL) was spin-coated onto a clean silicon wafer surface at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds.
- Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for 5 minutes.
- the unbound polymer was extracted by THF for 24-48 hours.
- Ellipsometric measurements of the film thickness were taken at the following stages of the procedure: after application of poly(vinyl chloride) and before UV irradiation, after UV irradiation, and after 24-48 hours of soaking.
- the film thickness following each treatment is illustrated in FIG. 12.
- the PVC layer shrinks only slightly upon UV- illumination (from about 45 nm to about 43 nm) and a film of about 28 nm remains on the substrate after soaking.
- Example 5 UV-adhered Patterned Thin Films This example illustrates formation of patterned arrays using the UV-immobilization methods discussed in Example 4 above.
- FIG. 19A and FIG 19B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional AFM image and the cross-sectional profile of a portion of the sample. The image and the cross-sectional profile show raised portions ("towers") where the PS adhered.
- FIG. 20A and FIG. 20B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional AFM image and the cross- sectional profile of a portion of the sample. The image and the cross-sectional profile show raised portions ("towers") where the PS adhered.
- a solution of polystyrene with a molecular weight of 1,815,000 in toluene (lOmg/mL) was spin-coated onto a clean wafer at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds.
- a quartz mask containing circles with diameters approximately 5.5 ⁇ m was held in place over the wafer via vacuum.
- Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for 15 minutes.
- the unbound polymer was extracted by toluene for 24-48 hours.
- the sample was then spin-coated with a solution of polystyrene with a molecular weight of 280,000 in toluene (lOmg/mL) at 2000 rpm for 60 seconds and irradiated for 15 minutes.
- FIG. 13A and FIG 13B show, respectively, the 3- dimensional AFM image and the cross-sectional profile of a portion of the sample.
- the image and the cross-sectional profile show raised portions ("towers") where the higher MW PS was first adhered, surrounded by PS of the lower MW, the towers being defined by the interface between the two polymeric materials.
- Another patterned array of PS with different molecular weights was prepared as follows. A solution of polystyrene with a molecular weight of 280,000 in toluene (lOmg/mL) was spin-coated onto a clean wafer at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds. A quartz mask containing circles with diameters approximately 5.5 ⁇ m was held in place over the wafer via a vacuum. Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for 10 minutes. The unbound polymer was extracted by toluene for 24-48 hours.
- FIG. 14 shows the 3-dimensional image and the cross-sectional profile of a portion of the sample.
- the spikes in the 3-dimensional image are believed to be artifacts caused by contamination of the sample.
- the image and the cross- sectional profile reveal small wells having a bottom comprised of the lower MW PS with the higher MW PS surrounding them, the wells being defined by the interface between the two polymeric materials.
- PVP/PS UV-adhered Arrays PVP/PS UV-adhered Arrays:
- UV-immobilized poly(vinylpyrrolidone)/polystyrene arrays were prepared as follows. A solution of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) with a molecular weight of 1,300,000 in chloroform (lOmg/mL) was spin-coated onto a clean wafer at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds. A quartz mask containing circles with diameters approximately 5.5 ⁇ m was held in place over the wafer via a vacuum. Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for 15 minutes. The unbound polymer was extracted by chloroform for 24-48 hours.
- FIG.15A and FIG. 15B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional image and the cross-sectional profile of a portion of the sample.
- the image and the cross-sectional profile show "towers" of PVP surrounded by PS, the towers being defined by the interface between the two polymeric materials.
- polystyrene and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) were immobilized in reverse order (The same type of array could be produced with the order used above if a mask that is the reverse of the one described below were used).
- a solution of polystyrene with a molecular weight of 280,000 in toluene (lOmg/mL) was spin-coated onto a clean wafer at 2,000 rpm for 60 seconds.
- a quartz mask containing circles with diameters approximately 5.5 ⁇ m was held in place over the wafer via a vacuum. Photolysis of the thin film (medium pressure Hg lamp, 390 W, Hanovia) was performed for 10 minutes.
- FIG. 16A and FIG 16B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional AFM image and the cross-sectional profile of a portion of the sample. The image and the cross sectional profile reveal wells having a PS bottom surrounded by PVP, the wells being defined by the interface between the two polymeric materials.
- Example 6
- FIGS. 17A and 17B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional AFM image and cross-sectional profile of the PS thin film prior to UV-irradiation.
- FIGS. 17A and 17B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional AFM image and cross-sectional profile of the PS thin film prior to UV-irradiation.
- FIGS. 18A and 18B show, respectively, the 3-dimensional AFM image and cross-sectional profile of the PS thin film following UV irradiation and solvent extraction with toluene.
- the images and the cross-sectional profile reveal that the thin film following these treatments is somewhat rougher than the spin-coated surface of FIGS. 18A and 18B.
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