TY - JOUR
T1 - Formation of self-organized surface structures on poly(methyl methacrylate) films
T2 - effect of two contacting metallic wires
AU - Sun, Wei
AU - Yang, Kathleen
AU - Yang, Fuqian
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - A simple template consisting of two contacting metallic wires was developed to construct surface structures on PMMA films. Using this template, surface structures including arcs and straight stripes were formed on the surface of PMMA films via the evaporation of toluene droplets. The effect of the angle between two wires and the film thickness on the geometric characteristics of the structures formed was studied. For the same film thickness, the amplitude is approximately a linear, increasing function of the wavelength with approximately the same slope, independent of the angle between the wires. The wavelength of the surface structures increases with the film thickness for the same distance to the wire and the same angle between the wires. This technique provides a viable technique to form surface structures over a large surface area of polymer films for various applications.
AB - A simple template consisting of two contacting metallic wires was developed to construct surface structures on PMMA films. Using this template, surface structures including arcs and straight stripes were formed on the surface of PMMA films via the evaporation of toluene droplets. The effect of the angle between two wires and the film thickness on the geometric characteristics of the structures formed was studied. For the same film thickness, the amplitude is approximately a linear, increasing function of the wavelength with approximately the same slope, independent of the angle between the wires. The wavelength of the surface structures increases with the film thickness for the same distance to the wire and the same angle between the wires. This technique provides a viable technique to form surface structures over a large surface area of polymer films for various applications.
KW - Evaporation
KW - Films
KW - PMMA
KW - Self-assembly
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U2 - 10.1007/s10965-015-0739-x
DO - 10.1007/s10965-015-0739-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928820073
SN - 1022-9760
VL - 22
JO - Journal of Polymer Research
JF - Journal of Polymer Research
IS - 5
M1 - 90
ER -