Ya-hui SU, Zhen-zhu FAN, Chao-wei WANG, et al. Fabrication of anisotropic and hierarchical structures using femtosecond laser printing capillary force assisted self-assembly[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2017, 25(8): 2057-2063.
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Ya-hui SU, Zhen-zhu FAN, Chao-wei WANG, et al. Fabrication of anisotropic and hierarchical structures using femtosecond laser printing capillary force assisted self-assembly[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2017, 25(8): 2057-2063. DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20172508.2057.
Fabrication of anisotropic and hierarchical structures using femtosecond laser printing capillary force assisted self-assembly
A method for preparation of designable anisotropic and hierarchical structures using femtosecond laser printing and capillary force assisted self-assembly was proposed. First
a periodic micro-pillar arrays template was fabricated by localized femtosecond laser polymerization. The micro-pillars were immersed in developed solution for about 40 min and subsequently exposed in the air. During the evaporation of developed solution
micro-pillars was self-assembled into periodic anisotropic architectures with the assistance of capillary force. Two methods to fabricate anisotropic structures were proposed. One was realized via controlling heights of pillars in a cell
the other was achieved via controlling pillar diameters. Furthermore
double-layer structures with underlayer pillar diameters of 2
μ
m and 6
μ
m were fabricated respectively. The results indicate that the capillary force is irrespective to the height of pillars
and the elastic restoring force of the higher pillars is stronger than the lower pillars
thus higher pillars are prone to bend and the pillars with larger diameter are more likely to remain upright. Complex 3D structures can be achieved flexibly by combing femtosecond laser fabrication with capillary force self-assembly technology
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