Abstract
Microcontact printing (μCP) is the first soft-lithographic technique developed by Kumar and Whitesides in 1993. At first, it was mainly used to pattern thiol self-assembled monolayers on metal surfaces, but later on, has been applied to various materials, including biological molecules. Because of its wide application, the μCP is considered to be not only a patterning technique, but also used as a convenient soft-manufacturing method. In this article, basics and recent topics of the μCP are overviewed. Main technical developments are targeting on the biological applications and the fabrication of organic transistors. We introduce up-to-date technical achievements of the both fields. In addition, efforts to scale down the pattern resolution and unique applications utilizing the properties of the stamp material are mentioned.
