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Patterning of ultrasoft, agglutinative magnetorheological elastomers
Author(s) -
Forster Eva,
Mayer Matthias,
Rabindranath Raman,
Böse Holger,
Schlunck Günther,
Monkman Gareth J.,
Shamonin Mikhail
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.38500
Subject(s) - elastomer , materials science , magnetorheological fluid , composite material , micrometer , molding (decorative) , wax , modulus , mechanical engineering , magnetic field , quantum mechanics , engineering , physics
A low‐cost wax‐cast molding technique for structuring ultrasoft (Young's modulus ≤ 40 kPa), agglutinative magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) material is presented. MRE structures ranging from a few millimeters down to the micrometer range with highly reproducible results are possible. Semitransparent MREs are also fabricated and their surfaces modified accordingly. This method opens new possibilities for MREs in biomedical engineering and microfluidic applications. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013