We describe a method for the fabrication of large-area (up to 13 cm diameter) and ultrathin (as thin as 8 nm) polymer films. Instead of using a sacrificial interlayer to delaminate the film from its substrate, we use a self-limiting surface treatment suitable for arbitrarily large areas.
Stadermann, M., Baxamusa, S. H., Aracne-Ruddle, C., Chea, M., Li, S., Youngblood, K., Suratwala, T. Fabrication of Large-area Free-standing Ultrathin Polymer Films. J. Vis. Exp. (100), e52832, doi:10.3791/52832 (2015).