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Nanoimprinting: Nanoimprinting of Flexible Polycarbonate Sheets with a Flexible Polymer Mold and Application to Superhydrophobic Surfaces (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 7/2015)
Author(s) -
Liang ChiaChing,
Lin ChunHung,
Cheng TsungChieh,
Shieh Jiann,
Lin HsiHo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201570036
Subject(s) - nanopillar , polycarbonate , materials science , polydimethylsiloxane , mold , soft lithography , composite material , polymer , nanotechnology , nanostructure , fabrication , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Perfluoropolyether is a promising mold material for imprinting polycarbonate compared with the traditionally used hard/soft‐polydimethylsiloxane mold and silicon rigid mold. Only the perfluoropolyether mold can be fully patterned into polycarbonate with viable integrity at 150 °C, as reported by C. C. Liang, C. H. Lin, and co‐workers in article 1500030. Perfluoropolyether‐imprinted polycarbonate nanopillar arrays are further treated by C4F8 plasma to obtain nanoroughness‐on‐nanopillar hierarchical surfaces, which possess superhydrophobic slippery characteristics, and good durability.