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RSC Applied Polymers

Ionogel thin films as a compatibilizing pretreatment for electrospray deposition

Tejasvi Venkat,a   Hannah Mow,b   Emily Li,c   Weronika Wasniowska,d   Ayman Rouf,b   Noah M. McAllister,b   Zainab Al-Jaleelb  and  Jonathan P. Singer ORCID logo *abd  

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a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
E-mail: jonathan.singer@rutgers.edu

b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA

c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA

d Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA

Abstract

Electrospray deposition applies thin films to conductive or hydrated targets, but not insulators, due to charge repulsion. Pretreatment of coating insulating substrates with the use of removable ionogel thin films 100–800 nm produces (self-limiting) electrospray deposition coatings of similar thicknesses to those produced on conductive surfaces, independent of humidity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5LP00359H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Nov 2025
Accepted
23 Jan 2026
First published
26 Jan 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Appl. Polym., 2026, Advance Article

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Ionogel thin films as a compatibilizing pretreatment for electrospray deposition

T. Venkat, H. Mow, E. Li, W. Wasniowska, A. Rouf, N. M. McAllister, Z. Al-Jaleel and J. P. Singer, RSC Appl. Polym., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5LP00359H

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