Patent ID: 9632050
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B05D,B82Y,G01N

Claim:
1. A process to form a sensor, said process comprising: performing a patterning step to form microelectrodes in a flexible substrate; performing a deposition step to introduce a solution onto the flexible substrate, the solution comprising metal or metal alloy core, ligand-capped nanoparticles comprising a nanoparticle capping ligand and molecular linkers connecting adjacent ones of the metal or metal alloy core, ligand-capped nanoparticles, the molecular linkers comprising mercaptocarboxylic acid with a carboxyl end forming hydrogen bonds with the metal or metal alloy core, ligand-capped nanoparticles; and performing a curing step to form a thin film that adheres to the flexible substrate via bonding that occurs between the flexible substrate, the microelectrodes, and the nanoparticle capping ligand of the ligand-capped nanoparticles.