Bernard, AndreDelamarche, EmmanuelDonzel, ChristianHilborn, Joens GMichel, BrunoStutz, RichardWolf, Heiko2017-06-132017-06-132017-06-132002https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/138378A method for fabricating silocone elastomer stamps with hydrophilic surfaces is provided. The concept of polymer grafting is used to produce the stamps. The stamps thus produced have the great advantage that grafting of a thin hydrophilic polymer on a hydrophobic PDMS surface can render PDMS stamps permanently hydrophilic. With such stamps it becomes possible to print aqueous or highly polar inks reproducibly over days and weeks. <IMAGE>Silicone elastomer stamp with hydrophilic surfaces and method of making samepatentJP3496831US6596346JP2002206033US2002098364EP119305626071464