Method for disposing a component

A method for disposing a component on a substrate, the method comprising:

• a step (a) of preparing the substrate, a first liquid, and a component-dispersing liquid;
• wherein:
• the substrate comprises a water-repellant region and a plurality of hydrophilic regions,
• the water-repellant region surrounds the plurality of hydrophilic regions;
• each of the hydrophilic regions comprises a hydrophilic body region and a hydrophilic line,
• the hydrophilic lines are arranged parallel to one another,
• where Y direction denotes the parallel direction of the hydrophilic line, Z direction denotes the normal line of the substrate, +X direction denotes the direction orthogonal to both of the Y direction and the Z direction, −X direction denotes the reverse direction of the +X direction,
• the plurality of hydrophilic regions are arranged along the +X direction and along the Y direction,
• the hydrophilic line and the hydrophilic body region included in each of the hydrophilic region are arranged along +X direction in this order,
• the hydrophilic body regions and the hydrophilic lines are arranged along the +X direction alternately,
• where D1 denotes the interval along the +X direction between the hydrophilic body region and the hydrophilic line included in each of the hydrophilic region, D2 denotes the length along the Y direction of the hydrophilic body region, D3 denotes the length along the Y direction of the hydrophilic line, D4 denotes the width of the hydrophilic line, D5 denotes the interval between two adjacent hydrophilic lines arranged along Y direction,
• a value of D1/D2 is not less than 0.1 and not more than 1.2,
• a value of D3 is not less than 5 micrometers,
• a value of D4 is less than the minimum length of the component,
• a value of D5 is not less than 10 micrometers,
• the first liquid is hydrophilic,
• the component-dispersing liquid containing the component and a second liquid,
• the second liquid is insoluble in the first liquid, and
• the component has a hydrophilic surface,
• a step (b) of applying the first liquid to the substrate along the +X direction continuously to dispose the first liquid on the hydrophilic lines and the hydrophilic body regions along the +X direction alternately;
• a step (c) of bringing the component-dispersing liquid in contact with the first liquid disposed on the hydrophilic region;
• and
• a step (d) of removing the first liquid and the second liquid from the substrate to dispose the component on the hydrophilic region.