Solvent‐assisted microcontact molding: A convenient method for fabricating three‐dimensional structures on surfaces of polymers
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 9 (8) , 651-654
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.19970090814
Abstract
Solvent‐assisted micro‐contact molding (SAMIM), a non‐photo‐lithographic technique for fabriation of patterned, quasi‐three‐dimensional structures on surfaces of many different polymers, is described. The basis of the technique–an embossing/molding process in which a solvent softens a polymer–is out lined and many examples are given. The Figure shows a polystyrene structure produced using SAMIM with acetone as the solvent. magnified imageKeywords
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