Surface vibration induced spatial ordering of periodic polymer patterns on a substrate

Langmuir. 2008 Oct 7;24(19):10629-32. doi: 10.1021/la802255b. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

Abstract

We demonstrate the possibility of producing regular, long-range, spatially ordered polymer patterns without requiring the use of physical or chemical templating through the interfacial destabilization of a thin polymer film driven by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The periodicity and spot size of the pattern are observed to be dependent on a single parameter, that is, the SAW frequency (or wavelength), therefore offering a rapid, simple, yet novel method for self-organized regular spatial polymer pattern formation that is far more tunable than conventional polymer patterning procedures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Surface Properties
  • Vibration*

Substances

  • Polymers