Dry adhesives, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same

A printed circuit board comprising:

• a laminate that comprises:
• a copper foil;
• nanoparticles having diameters of less than or equal to about 100 nanometers disposed on a surface of the copper foil;
• the nanoparticles being arranged in domains;
• the domains having average domain sizes of about 10 to about 100 nanometers and average interdomain spacings of 10 to about 1,000 nanometers;
• the nanoparticles not facilitating the transfer of an electrical current, wherein the nanoparticles are nanorods, nanoribbons, carbon nanotubes, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing nanoparticles;
• a first layer of solid organic polymer disposed on the nanoparticles;
• the layer of the organic polymer being bounded to the nanoparticles by van der Waals forces;
• the laminate being employed in a printed circuit board;
• and
• a second layer of organic polymer disposed on a surface of the copper foil that is opposed to the surface containing the nanoparticles.