Surface vibration induced spatial ordering of periodic polymer patterns on a substrate

We demonstrate the possibility of producing regular, long-range, spatially ordered polymer patterns without requiring the use of physical or chemical templating through the interfacial destabilization of a thin polymer film driven by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The periodicity and spot size of th...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 24(2008), 19 vom: 07. Okt., Seite 10629-32
Auteur principal: Alvarez, Mar (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Friend, James R, Yeo, Leslie Y
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2008
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Polymers
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Résumé:We demonstrate the possibility of producing regular, long-range, spatially ordered polymer patterns without requiring the use of physical or chemical templating through the interfacial destabilization of a thin polymer film driven by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The periodicity and spot size of the pattern are observed to be dependent on a single parameter, that is, the SAW frequency (or wavelength), therefore offering a rapid, simple, yet novel method for self-organized regular spatial polymer pattern formation that is far more tunable than conventional polymer patterning procedures
Description:Date Completed 28.10.2008
Date Revised 01.10.2008
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la802255b