Patent ID: 6866791

Claim:
A method of patterning a nickel oxide surface, comprising the steps of: a) providing a substrate coated with a metal film, said metal film coated with a layer of native, grown or deposited nickel oxide; b) providing a stamp having a substantially continuous surface with at least one indentation; c) coating said stamp surface with a molecular species terminating in a functional group which is capable of reacting with said nickel oxide surface to form a bond between said functional group and said nickel oxide surface; d) positioning said coated stamp on the surface of said nickel oxide such that said functional group contacts and reacts with at least a portion of said nickel oxide surface to form a bond therebetween; e) removing said stamp from the surface of said nickel oxide to obtain a self-assembled monolayer comprising the reaction product of said functional group of said molecular species and said nickel oxide.