Fabrication of controlled hierarchical wrinkle structures on polydimethylsiloxane via one-step C4F8 plasma treatment

Liming Miao, Xiaoliang Cheng, Haotian Chen, Yu Song, Hang Guo, Jinxin Zhang, Xuexian Chen, Haixia Zhang

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Abstract

We report a simple method for fabricating two-dimensional and nested hierarchical wrinkle structures on polydimethylsiloxane surfaces via one-step C4F8 plasma treatment that innovatively combines two approaches to monolayer wrinkle structure fabrication. The wavelengths of the two dimensions of the wrinkle structures can be controlled by plasma treatment (radio frequency (RF) power and plasma treatment time) and stretching (stretching strain and axial stretching), respectively. We also analyze the different interactions between the two dimensions of wrinkle structures with different wavelengths and explain the phenomenon using Fourier waveform superposition. The character of the two dimensions and hierarchy is obvious when the wavelengths of the two wrinkles are different. In surface wetting tests, the hierarchical wrinkle shows great hydrophobicity and keeps the stretching property under 25%. © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Article number015007
JournalJournal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • controlled wavelength
  • plasma treatment
  • stretchable hierarchical wrinkle on PDMS
  • wrinkle interactions

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