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Self-assembled Patterns in A Polymer Thin Film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

David Salac  and
Wei Lu
David Salac
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Wei Lu
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Abstract

This paper reports an experimental work using an electric field to induce morphological patterns in a thin polymer film. The film was spin-coated onto a glass wafer, and subsequently heated to above its glass transition temperature to allow viscous flow. An electric field was applied by two parallel electrodes spacing 10 mm apart. The initially flat polymer/air interface evolves into islands. The self-assembled islands exhibited a narrow size distribution and demonstrated spatial ordering. We attribute the pattern formation to the minimization of combined interface energy and electrostatic energy.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 854: Symposium U – Stability of Thin Films and Nanostructures , 2004 , U12.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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