Managing Micrometric Sources of Solvated Electrons: Application to the Local Functionalization of Fluorinated Self-Assembled Monolayers

Microelectrodes allow micrometric sources of a solvated electron solution to be easily handled at room temperature. Such strongly reducing sources are the key for a new wet-chemical lithographic procedure. It is used to decorate the highly chemically inert surfaces of fluorosilane self-assembled monolayers grafted onto various inorganic surfaces with fluorescent moieties, or living cells.