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Continuous Microwire Patterns Dominated by Controllable Rupture of Liquid Films
Author(s) -
Xin Zhiqing,
Su Bin,
Wang Jianjun,
Zhang Xingye,
Zhang Zhiliang,
Deng Mengmeng,
Song Yanlin,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201202515
Subject(s) - microfabrication , polystyrene , materials science , wetting , nanotechnology , polymer , computer science , composite material , fabrication , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Controllable microwire patterns are prepared by dominating the rupture of liquid films. Regular rhombic‐shaped micropillar arrays serve as wetting defects to pin or depin liquids, yielding continuous, herringbone, bead‐shaped polystyrene microwire patterns or bead arrays. The results provide a deeper understanding of the controllable rupture of liquid films and offer a general strategy for the organization of polymers into structures needed for wiring, interconnects, and functional devices for future microfabrication.