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Title: Reversible Surface Patterning by Dynamic Crosslink Gradients: Controlling Buckling in 2D

Abstract

Abstract Harnessing the self‐organization of soft materials to make complex, well‐ordered surface patterns in a noninvasive manner is challenging. The wrinkling of thin films provides a compelling strategy to achieve this. Despite much attention, however, a simple, single‐step, reversible method that gives rise to controlled, two‐dimensional (2D) ordered, continuous, and discontinuous patterns has proven to be elusive. Here a novel, robust method is described to achieve this using an ultraviolet‐light‐sensitive anthracene‐containing polymer thin film. The origin of the patterns is the local buckling of the thin film, where the control over the topology is given by laterally patterning out‐of‐plane gradients in the crosslink density of the film. The underlying buckling mechanics and formation of the surface features are well‐described by finite element analysis. By illuminating the film with a photomask, local and long‐range patterns that can be both continuous and discontinuous are able to be written. Furthermore, the patterning is fully reversible over multiple cycles. The results demonstrate a simple strategy for erasable storage of information in a surface topography that has applications in memory, anticounterfeiting, and plasmonics.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [5];  [3];  [3]
  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory for Metal Matrix Composite Materials Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China, Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
  2. State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Vibration School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
  3. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory for Metal Matrix Composite Materials Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
  4. Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
  5. Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA, Polymer Science and Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
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OSTI Identifier:
1462447
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Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 30 Journal Issue: 36; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Hou, Honghao, Hu, Kaiming, Lin, Hongbo, Forth, Joe, Zhang, Wenming, Russell, Thomas P., Yin, Jie, and Jiang, Xuesong. Reversible Surface Patterning by Dynamic Crosslink Gradients: Controlling Buckling in 2D. Germany: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201803463.
Hou, Honghao, Hu, Kaiming, Lin, Hongbo, Forth, Joe, Zhang, Wenming, Russell, Thomas P., Yin, Jie, & Jiang, Xuesong. Reversible Surface Patterning by Dynamic Crosslink Gradients: Controlling Buckling in 2D. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201803463
Hou, Honghao, Hu, Kaiming, Lin, Hongbo, Forth, Joe, Zhang, Wenming, Russell, Thomas P., Yin, Jie, and Jiang, Xuesong. Tue . "Reversible Surface Patterning by Dynamic Crosslink Gradients: Controlling Buckling in 2D". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201803463.
@article{osti_1462447,
title = {Reversible Surface Patterning by Dynamic Crosslink Gradients: Controlling Buckling in 2D},
author = {Hou, Honghao and Hu, Kaiming and Lin, Hongbo and Forth, Joe and Zhang, Wenming and Russell, Thomas P. and Yin, Jie and Jiang, Xuesong},
abstractNote = {Abstract Harnessing the self‐organization of soft materials to make complex, well‐ordered surface patterns in a noninvasive manner is challenging. The wrinkling of thin films provides a compelling strategy to achieve this. Despite much attention, however, a simple, single‐step, reversible method that gives rise to controlled, two‐dimensional (2D) ordered, continuous, and discontinuous patterns has proven to be elusive. Here a novel, robust method is described to achieve this using an ultraviolet‐light‐sensitive anthracene‐containing polymer thin film. The origin of the patterns is the local buckling of the thin film, where the control over the topology is given by laterally patterning out‐of‐plane gradients in the crosslink density of the film. The underlying buckling mechanics and formation of the surface features are well‐described by finite element analysis. By illuminating the film with a photomask, local and long‐range patterns that can be both continuous and discontinuous are able to be written. Furthermore, the patterning is fully reversible over multiple cycles. The results demonstrate a simple strategy for erasable storage of information in a surface topography that has applications in memory, anticounterfeiting, and plasmonics.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201803463},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 36,
volume = 30,
place = {Germany},
year = {Tue Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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