Patent ID: 8764996

Claim:
A method of patterning a first material on a polymeric substrate comprising: providing a transparent polymeric film substrate having a major surface with a relief pattern comprising a recessed region and an adjacent raised region, wherein the recessed region has a floor and sidewalls; depositing a first material onto the major surface of the polymeric film substrate to form a coated polymeric film substrate, wherein the depositing a first material comprises depositing a metal onto the polymeric film substrate; forming a layer of a functionalizing material selectively on the raised region of the coated polymeric film substrate to form a functionalized raised region and an unfunctionalized recessed region, wherein the functionalizing material is a self-assembled monolayer selectively onto the raised region and the self-assembled monolayer comprises a chemical species selected from the group consisting of organosulfur compounds, silanes, phosphonic acids, benzotriazoles, and carboxylic acids, wherein forming comprises unwinding the coated polymeric film substrate from a support and winding the coated polymeric film substrate onto a support; and etching the first material from the polymeric substrate selectively from the floor and sidewalls of the unfunctionalized recessed region, forming a first material patterned polymeric substrate.