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Liu N, Sun Q, Yang Z, Shan L, Wang Z, Li H. Wrinkled Interfaces: Taking Advantage of Anisotropic Wrinkling to Periodically Pattern Polymer Surfaces. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2207210. [PMID: 36775851 PMCID: PMC10131883 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Periodically patterned surfaces can cause special surface properties and are employed as functional building blocks in many devices, yet remaining challenges in fabrication. Advancements in fabricating structured polymer surfaces for obtaining periodic patterns are accomplished by adopting "top-down" strategies based on self-assembly or physico-chemical growth of atoms, molecules, or particles or "bottom-up" strategies ranging from traditional micromolding (embossing) or micro/nanoimprinting to novel laser-induced periodic surface structure, soft lithography, or direct laser interference patterning among others. Thus, technological advances directly promote higher resolution capabilities. Contrasted with the above techniques requiring highly sophisticated tools, surface instabilities taking advantage of the intrinsic properties of polymers induce surface wrinkling in order to fabricate periodically oriented wrinkled patterns. Such abundant and elaborate patterns are obtained as a result of self-organizing processes that are rather difficult if not impossible to fabricate through conventional patterning techniques. Focusing on oriented wrinkles, this review thoroughly describes the formation mechanisms and fabrication approaches for oriented wrinkles, as well as their fine-tuning in the wavelength, amplitude, and orientation control. Finally, the major applications in which oriented wrinkled interfaces are already in use or may be prospective in the near future are overviewed.
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- Ning Liu
- National‐Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources UtilizationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130China
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- National‐Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources UtilizationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130China
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- National‐Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources UtilizationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130China
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- National‐Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources UtilizationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130China
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- National‐Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources UtilizationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130China
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- National‐Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources UtilizationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyHebei University of TechnologyTianjin300130China
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Yamada Y, Isobe K, Horibe A. Droplet motion on a wrinkled PDMS surface with a gradient structural length scale shorter than the droplet diameter. RSC Adv 2022; 12:13917-13923. [PMID: 35548386 PMCID: PMC9087903 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra09244h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Droplet transportation using a wettability gradient surface has attracted much attention owing to applications such as in microfluidic devices. A surface with a spatial structural gradient was prepared through a simple and cost-effective process even though understanding of droplet behavior on the structure was still limited. Here, we report impinging droplet motion on a gradient wrinkled surface. Surfaces were prepared through hard film deposition on soft pre-strained polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with a mask installed with a slit to control the amount of deposition, which is related to the wavelength of the wrinkles. Droplets were impinged with varying position with respect to the structure, and the droplet motion was observed in the direction away from the region under the slit. We found an asymmetric contact angle and alternate motion on both sides of the three-phase contact line during the motion according to the gradient of the wrinkle wavelength. These results may help not only to understand the behavior of droplet impingement on a gradient structural surface but also to further develop applications using directional droplet transfer.
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- Yutaka Yamada
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University Okayama 700-8530 Japan +81 86 251 8046
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University Okayama 700-8530 Japan +81 86 251 8046
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University Okayama 700-8530 Japan +81 86 251 8046
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Tunable Optical Diffusers Based on the UV/Ozone-Assisted Self-Wrinkling of Thermal-Cured Polymer Films. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21175820. [PMID: 34502713 PMCID: PMC8434521 DOI: 10.3390/s21175820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Tunable optical diffusers have attracted attention because of the rapid development of next generation stretchable optoelectronics and optomechanics applications. Flexible wrinkle structures have the potential to change the light path and tune the diffusion capability, which is beneficial to fabricate optical diffusers. The generation of wrinkles usually depends on an external stimulus, thus resulting in complicated fabricating equipment and processes. In this study, a facile and low-cost method is proposed to fabricate wrinkle structures by the self-wrinkling of thermal-cured polymer for tunable optical diffusers. The uncured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) precursors were exposed to UV/ozone to obtain hard silica layers and then crosslinked via heating to induce the wrinkle patterns. The wrinkle structures were demonstrated as strain-dependent tunable optical diffusers and the optical diffusion of transmitted light via the deformable wrinkle structures was studied and adjusted. The incident light isotropically diffused through the sample at the initial state. When the wrinkle structures deformed, it showed a more pronounced isotropic optical diffusion with uniaxial tensile strain. The optical diffusion is anisotropical with a further increase in uniaxial tensile strain. The proposed method of fabricating wrinkles by UV/ozone-assisted self-wrinkling of thermal-cured polymer films is simple and cost-effective, and the obtained structures have potential applications in tunable optical diffusers.
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Knapp A, Nebel LJ, Nitschke M, Sander O, Fery A. Controlling line defects in wrinkling: a pathway towards hierarchical wrinkling structures. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:5384-5392. [PMID: 33969367 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm02231d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We demonstrate a novel approach for controlling the line defect formation in microscopic wrinkling structures by patterned plasma treatment of elastomeric surfaces. Wrinkles were formed on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces exposed to low-pressure plasma under uniaxial stretching and subsequent relaxation. The wrinkling wavelength λ can be regulated via the treatment time and choice of plasma process gases (H2, N2). Sequential masking allows for changing these parameters on micron-scale dimensions. Thus, abrupt changes of the wrinkling wavelength become feasible and result in line defects located at the boundary zone between areas of different wavelengths. Wavelengths, morphology, and mechanical properties of the respective areas are investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy and agree quantitatively with predictions of analytical models for wrinkle formation. Notably, the approach allows for the first time the realization of a dramatic wavelength change up to a factor of 7 to control the location of the branching zone. This allows structures with a fixed but also with a strictly alternating branching behavior. The morphology inside the branching zone is compared with finite element methods and shows semi-quantitative agreement. Thus our finding opens new perspectives for "programming" hierarchical wrinkling patterns with potential applications in optics, tribology, and biomimetic structuring of surfaces.
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- André Knapp
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Polymer Physics, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
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- Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Technical University Dresden, Zellescher Weg 12-14, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
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- Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Technical University Dresden, Zellescher Weg 12-14, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Polymer Physics, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany. and Chair for Physical Chemistry of Polymeric Materials, Technical University Dresden, Mommsenstr. 4, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Parihar V, Chakraborty S, Das S, Chakraborty S, DasGupta S. Role of anisotropic pinning and liquid properties during partial rebound of droplets on unidirectionally structured hydrophobic surfaces. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.116197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Park C, Bae HJ, Yoon J, Song SW, Jeong Y, Kim K, Kwon S, Park W. Gradient-Wrinkled Microparticle with Grayscale Lithography Controlling the Cross-Linking Densities for High Security Level Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:2121-2126. [PMID: 33521451 PMCID: PMC7841948 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) enable different characteristics according to the purpose, such as easy to access identification, high security level, and high code capacity, against counterfeiting a product. However, most multiplex approaches have been implemented by embedding several security features rather than one feature. In this paper, we present a high security level anti-counterfeiting strategy using only labyrinth wrinkle patterns with different complexities, which can be used as unique and unclonable codes. To generate codes with different levels in a microtaggant, we fabricated wrinkle patterns with characteristic wavelength gradients using grayscale lithography. The elastic modulus of the polymer substrate and corresponding wavelength after the wrinkling process were controlled by designing the gray level of each subcode region in a gray-level mask image for photopolymerization of the microparticle substrate. We then verified the uniqueness of the extracted minutia codes through a cross-correlation analysis. Finally, we demonstrated the authentication strategies by decoding different minutia codes according to the scanning resolution during the decoding. Overall, the presented patterning method can be widely used in security code generation.
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- Cheolheon Park
- Institute
for Wearable Convergence Electronics, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institute
for Wearable Convergence Electronics, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-MAX
Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-MAX
Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institute
for Wearable Convergence Electronics, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Bio-MAX
Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institute
for Wearable Convergence Electronics, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
- Department
of Electronics and Information Convergence Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
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