Patent ID: 7871670

Claim:
A method comprising: A) providing a tool having a patterned-nanostructure surface having: a) a nanostructured tool surface region that includes nanoscale topography formed by an electroplating process, and b) an adjacent tool surface region that (i) does not include nanoscale topography, and (ii) is adjacent to the nanostructured tool surface region; B) replicating the tool patterned-nanostructure surface onto a substrate to form a substrate patterned-nanostructure surface having: a) a substrate nanostructured surface region, and b) an adjacent substrate surface region that (i) does not include nanoscale topography, and (ii) is adjacent to the substrate nanostructured surface region; C) disposing a metal layer on the substrate patterned-nanostructure surface to form a metallic patterned-nanostructure surface having: a) a metallic nanostructured surface region, and b) an adjacent metallic surface region that (i) does not include nanoscale topography, and (ii) is adjacent to the metallic nanostructured surface region; D) forming a self-assembled monolayer on the metallic patterned-nanostructure surface, including: a) the metallic nanostructured surface region, and b) the adjacent metallic surface region that (i) does not include nanoscale topography, and (ii) is adjacent to the metallic nanostructured surface region; E) after step D, without any intervening step, contacting the self-assembled monolayer on both the metallic nanostructured surface region and the adjacent metallic surface region to an electroless plating solution comprising a deposit metal; and F) depositing electrolessly the deposit metal from the electroless plating solution selectively on the metallic nanostructured surface region having the self-assembled monolayer formed thereon contacting the electroless plating solution, and not on the adjacent metallic surface region having the self-assembled monolayer formed thereon contacting the electroless plating solution.